What is the population of Heroica Matamoros?
Heroica Matamoros has a city population of 510,739. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Mexico · North America
Heroica Matamoros
City population
510,739
#37
in Mexico
#2
in Tamaulipas
#1,118
worldwide
25.880, -97.504 · 736 km from Mexico City
About Heroica Matamoros
Situated 3 km from Brownsville, this city of 510,739 is the second-largest in Tamaulipas and accounts for 0.4% of Mexico's population. Located 736 km from Mexico City, it sits at a low elevation of 16 m above sea level. San Benito lies 31 km away, followed by Valle Hermoso at 38 km and Harlingen at 40 km.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 13
Elevation
16 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Matamoros
Coordinates
25.880, -97.504
Record updated
2025-10-23
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 625 in MexicoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Heroica Matamoros | 511K |
Heroica Matamoros Population FAQ
Where is Heroica Matamoros?
Heroica Matamoros is in Tamaulipas, Mexico, 736 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 25.880, -97.504.
How big is Heroica Matamoros compared with other cities in Mexico?
It is the 37th largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 0.4% of the national population.