Altamira is a city in Tamaulipas, Mexico. The city is located immediately to the north of the cities of Tampico and Ciudad Madero, at the southern tip of the state of Tamaulipas, on the Gulf of Mexico. Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico. ... El Puente Tampico (finished in October 1988) links the states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz and is a major element in the Gulf of Mexico highway system. ... Ciudad Madero (also known simply as Madero) is a city in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. ... Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico. ... Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...

According to the INEGI 2005 census, it has a population of 162,628 people and is the industrial and port centre for the region - although the Tampico docks on the Río Pánuco are still in use for loose cargo, the Port of Altamira handles all the containerised cargoes. The National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Data Processing (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)) is a unit of the government of Mexico dedicated to the collection and organization of statistical, geographical and economic information on the country. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Río Pánuco or the Pánuco River is a river in Veracruz, Mexico. ...

There is also a large industrial sector, mainly involved in petro-chemicals, that provides much employment and tax revenue, such as DuPont, GE Plastics, BASF, etc. This article is about the DuPont company. ... GE redirects here. ... BASF AG (NYSE: BF, LSE: BFA) is a German chemical company and the biggest chemical company in the world. ...