Jiménez Municipality is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Its municipal capital is the town of Santander Jiménez.

History

It was founded on February 17, 1749 as Santander by Pedro Saldívar Cantú in recognition of his Basque Spanish roots.[1] By decree of the State Congress on October 31, 1827, Santander was renamed Jiménez to honor the memory of "'Colonel Juan Nepomuceno Jiménez"'.

References

  1. ↑ June 14th, 1757 census, Santander (Jimenez, Tamaulipas), Mexico census taken by Don Jose de Escandon. Mil Familias III, by Rodolfo Gonzalez de la Garza. Page 95.

24°13′N 98°29′W / 24.217°N 98.483°W / 24.217; -98.483

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