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Tampico (disambiguation)

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Tampico is a city and port in Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Tampico may also refer to:

Places

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Arts, entertainment, and media

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Brands and enterprises

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Education

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Military

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  • Tampico, a Mexican Navy gunboat involved in the First Battle of Topolobampo on March 4, 1914, during the Mexican Revolution
  • Battle of Tampico (1829), the port town was seized by 3,000 Spanish troops from Havana during the Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico
  • Battle of Tampico (1839) or "Siege of Tampico", a siege that lasted from 26 May until 4 June 1839 during the Mexican Federalist War
  • Battle of Tampico (1863), was a victory for the Republicans on 19 January during the French intervention in Mexico
  • Tampico Affair (1914), an incident involving U.S. sailors and Mexican land forces loyal to Mexican dictator General Victoriano Huerta
  • Tampico Expedition (1835), an expedition for the purpose of supporting Federalist opposition to the Centralist government of Mexico, which involved the "Battle of Tampico" fought November 15, 1835, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas

Religion

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  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico
  • Tampico Amish Mennonites, a Plain, car-driving branch of the Amish Mennonites also known as "Kauffman Amish Mennonites", "Sleeping Preacher Churches", or "Tampico Amish Mennonite Churches"
  • Tampico Cathedral, a Roman Catholic Church also known as Immaculate Conception Cathedral(Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción or Catedral de Tampico costado Oriente, in Tampico, Mexico
  • Tampico Mexico Temple, located in Ciudad Madero, part of the Tampico conurbation

Sports

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Other uses

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  • 1933 Tampico hurricane, a Category 5 hurricane
  • Istle, or Tampico, a type of hard plant fiber obtained from a number of Mexican plants used in the manufacture of brushes, cords, and ropes
  • TB-9 Tampico GT, one of the models of the Socata TB series of aircraft
  • Tampico fiber from northern mexico, used to make bristles on brushes, ropes, and other uses.