# Matamoros Municipality, Tamaulipas

Matamoros is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Its municipal seat is the city of Matamoros.

## Towns and villages

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:
| Name | 2010 Census Population |
| Matamoros | 449,815 |
| Ramírez | 3,743 |
| El Control | 3,136 |
| Las Higuerillas | 2,129 |
| CEFERESO Número 3 | 2,082 |
| Santa Adelaida | 1,754 |
| Estación Sandoval | 1,146 |
| El Galaneño | 1,057 |
| Total Municipality | 489,193 |

## Adjacent municipalities and counties

* San Fernando Municipality - south
* Río Bravo Municipality - southwest and northwest
* Valle Hermoso Municipality - west
* Hidalgo County, Texas - north
* Cameron County, Texas - north

## Government
### Mayors and municipal presidents

| Ruler | Term | Office |
| Anastasio de Ayala | 1797–1799 | Mayor |
| José Cayetano Girón | 1800 | Intendant |
| Joséf de Gosearcochea | 1801 | Intendant |
| Vicente López de Heredia | 1803 | Intendant |
| José María Balli | 1804 | Intendant |
| Vicente López de Herrera | 1805 | Intendant |
| José de Jesús Solís | 1806–1807 | Intendant |
| Matías Morales | 1808 | Intendant |
| José Domingo de la Garza | 1809–1810 | Intendant |
| José de Jesús Solís | 1811–1812 | Intendant |
| José Marcelino Longoria | 1813 | Intendant |
| Felipe Roque de la Portilla | 1814 | Intendant |
| Blas María de la Garza | 1815 | Intendant |
| José Domingo de la Garza | 1816 | Intendant |
| Matías Morales | 1817 | Intendant |
| Ramón García | 1818 | Intendant |
| José Girón Girón | 1819 | Intendant |
| José de Jesús Solís | 1820 | Intendant |
| Juan José Chapa | 1820 | Intendant |
| Pedro José García | 1821 | Intendant |
| Domingo de la Garza | 1822 | Intendant |
| Andrés Saldaña | 1823 | Intendant |
| Juan B. García | 1824 | Intendant |
| José María Girón | 1825 | Intendant |
| José María Villarreal | 1826 | Prefect |
| Andrés Saldaña | 1827 | Prefect |
| Matías García | 1828 | Prefect |
| Domingo de la Garza | 1829 | Prefect |
| Manuel Galán | 1830 | Prefect |
| José María Villarreal | 1831 | Prefect |
| José María Girón | 1832 | Prefect |
| José Espiridión de la Rosa | 1833 | Prefect |
| Juan Longoria y Serna | 1834 | Prefect |
| Francisco García Treviño | 1835 | Prefect |
| Juan Nepomuceno Molano | 1836 | Prefect |
| José María Tovar | 1837 | Prefect |
| Constantino de Tavarna | 1838 | Prefect |
| Jorge López de Lara | 1839 | Prefect |
| Pedro de la Garza Treviño | 1840 | Prefect |
| Francisco Valdez | 1841 | Prefect |
| Victoriano T. Canales | 1842 | Prefect |
| Juan Longoria y Serna | 1843 | Prefect |
| Francisco Lojero | 1844 | Prefect |
| Mariano Treviño Garza | 1845 | Prefect |
| José María Girón | 1846–1847 | Prefect |
| Francisco Valdez | 1848 | Prefect |
| Victoriano T. Canales | 1849 | Prefect |
| Pedro José de la Garz | 1850 | Prefect |
| Macedonio Capistrán | 1851 | Prefect |
| Rafael Quintero | 1852 | Prefect |
| Albino López | 1853 | Prefect |
| Antonio Longoria Guerra | 1854 | Prefect |
| José María Cavazos | 1855–1856 | Prefect |
| Albino López | 1857 | Prefect |
| Leocadio Muñoz | 1858 | Prefect |
| Antonio Longoria | 1859 | Prefect |
| Matías Longoria | 1860 | Prefect |
| José María Cavazos | 1861–1862 | Prefect |
| Rafael Quintero | 1863 | Prefect |
| Agapito Longoria | 1864 | Prefect |
| Manuel Reyes Apresa | 1865–1866 | Prefect |
| Felipe Márquez | 1867 | Political chief |
| Juan Treviño Canales | 1868 | Political chief |
| Pedro Hinojosa | 1869–1870 | Political chief |
| Francisco F. Farías | 1871 | Political chief |
| Agustín Menchaca | 1872–1873 | Political chief |
| Juan N. Cortinas | 1874–1875 | Political chief |
| Baltazar Fuentes | 1876 | Political chief |
| Justo de la Garza | 1877 | Political chief |
| Maximiliano Chapa | 1878 | Political chief |
| Román de los Santos Coy | 1879 | Political chief |
| Felipe Salazar | 1880 | Political chief |
| Pedro Porras | 1881 | Political chief |
| Tomás Márquez | 1882–1883 | Political chief |
| Tomás Hinojosa | 1884–1885 | Political chief |
| Pedro Barrón | 1886 | Political chief |
| Melquiades Torres | 1887–1888 | Political chief |
| Andrés González | 1889 | Political chief |
| Cipriano Villanueva | 1890 | Political chief |
| Alfredo M. Passament | 1891 | Political chief |
| Rafael Solís | 1892–1893 | Political chief |
| Miguel Barragán | 1894 | Political chief |
| Antonio Cavazos | 1895 | Political chief |
| Jorge Stroder | 1896 | Political chief |
| Rafael Solís | 1897 | Political chief |
| Cipriano Villanueva | 1898 | Political chief |
| Rafael Solís | 1898–1905 | Political chief |
| Marcelino Rougier | 1906 | Political chief |
| Rafael Solís | 1907 | Political chief |
| Procopia Guerra | 1908–1909 | Political chief |
| Fructuoso Dávila | 1910–1911 | Political chief |
| Alfredo Pumarejo | 1912 | Political chief |
| Casimiro Sada | 1913 | Political chief |
| Armando Chapa Gómez | 1914–1915 | Political chief |
| Alejandro López | 1916 | Political chief |
| Rafael González | 1917 | Municipal president |
| Leónides Guerra | 1918–1919 | Municipal president |
| Salvador Cárdenas | 1920 | Municipal president |
| Miguel Elizondo | 1920 | Municipal president |
| Juan José de la Garza | 1920 | Municipal president |
| Miguel Elizondo | 1921 | Municipal president |
| Mriano García Schreck | 1921 | Municipal president |
| Miguel Elizondo | 1922 | Municipal president |
| Conrado Gutiérrez | 1923 | Municipal president |
| Luis R. Rendón | 1924 | Municipal president |
| Prudencio Ruiz | 1925 | Municipal president |
| Jesús María Cárdenas | 1926 | Municipal president |
| Valentín Ramírez | 1927 | Municipal president |
| Alfonso C. López | 1927 | Municipal president |
| Antonio Martínez | 1928 | Municipal president |
| Municipal president | Term | Political party | Notes |
| Guillermo Schears | 1929–1930 | PNR | |
| Roberto F. García | 1931–1932 | PNR | |
| Primitivo Schears | 1933–1934 | PNR | |
| Rafael Munguía | 1935 | PNR | |
| Roberto F. García | 1936 | PNR | |
| Ladislao Cárdenas | 1937–1938 | PNR | |
| Francisco Zárate | 1938–1940 | PRM | |
| Antonio de León | 1941–1942 | PRM | |
| Ladislao Cárdenas | 1943–1945 | PRM | |
| Ramiro T. Hernández | 1946 | PRI | |
| Tomás Saro | 1947 | PRI | |
| Leónides Guerra | 1947–1948 | PRI | |
| Ernesto L. Elizondo | 1949–1951 | PRI | |
| Juan B. García | 1952 | PRI | Acting municipal president |
| Luis Ramírez de Alba | 1953–1954 | PRI | |
| Augusto G. Cárdenas | 1955–1957 | PRI | |
| Miguel Treviño Emparam | 1958–1960 | PRI | |
| Virgilio Garza Ruiz | 1961–1962 | PRI | |
| Isidro González Saldaña | 01-01-1963–31-12-1965 | PRI | |
| Enrique Siller Flores | 01-01-1966–31-12-1968 | PRI | |
| Óscar Guerra Elizondo | 01-01-1969–31-12-1971 | PRI | |
| Sergio Martínez Calderoni | 01-01-1972–31-12-1974 | PRI | |
| Guillermo Guajardo González | 01-01-1975–31-12-1977 | PRI | |
| Antonio Cavazos Garza | 01-01-1978–31-12-1980 | PRI | |
| Jorge Cárdenas González | 01-01-1981–31-12–1983 | PARM | |
| Jesús Roberto Guerra Velazco | 01-01-1984–31-12-1986 | PRI | |
| Fernando Montemayor Lozano | 01-01-1987–31-12-1989 | PRI | |
| Jorge Cárdenas González | 01-01-1990–31-12-1992 | PRI | |
| Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba | 01-01-1993–31-12-1995 | PRI | |
| Antonio Ramón Sampayo Ortiz | 01-01-1996–31-12-1998 | PAN | |
| Homar Zamorano Ayala | 01-01-1999–31-12-2001 | PRI | |
| Mario Praxedis Zolezzi García | 01-01-2002–31-12-2004 | PRI | |
| Baltazar Manuel Hinojosa Ochoa | 01-01-2005–31-12-2007 | PRI | |
| Érick Agustín Silva Santos | 01-01-2008–31-12-2010 | PRI Panal | |
| Víctor Alfonso Sánchez Garza | 01-01-2011–2013 | PRI PVEM Panal | |
| Leticia Salazar Vázquez | 2013–2016 | PAN | |
| Jesús Juan de la Garza Díaz del Guante | 2016–2018 | PRI PVEM Panal | |
| Mario Alberto López Hernández | 2018–2021 | PT Morena PES | Coalition "Together We Will Make History" |
| Mario Alberto López Hernández | 2021–2024 | PT Morena | He was reelected on 06-06-2021. Applied for a leave. |
| Rubén Sauceda Lumbreras | 2024 | PT Morena | Acting municipal president |
| José Alberto Granados Favila | 2024– | PVEM PT Morena | Coalition "Sigamos Haciendo Historia" (Let's Keep Making History) |