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 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
| 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" |