Altamira, Tamaulipas

E318975

city municipality

Altamira, Tamaulipas is an industrial and port city in northeastern Mexico, known for its petrochemical complexes and its role within the greater Tampico metropolitan area.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Altamira Municipality	2
Altamira, Tamaulipas canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2998559 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Altamira, Tamaulipas
Context triple: [Tampico, Mexico, connectedTo, Altamira, Tamaulipas]

A. Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico is a border city on the Rio Grande opposite Eagle Pass, Texas, known as an important industrial and commercial hub in northern Mexico.
B. Tzintzuntzan
Tzintzuntzan was the principal political and ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Purépecha (Tarascan) state in western Mexico, known for its distinctive yácata pyramidal structures overlooking Lake Pátzcuaro.
C. El Tajín
El Tajín is a major pre-Columbian archaeological site in eastern Mexico, renowned for its Pyramid of the Niches and its significance as a center of Classic Veracruz culture.
D. Piedras Negras
Piedras Negras is a Mexican border city in the state of Coahuila, located across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas, and known for its industrial activity and cross-border trade.
E. Toniná
Toniná is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Chiapas, Mexico, known for its towering acropolis, intricate stone carvings, and evidence of powerful Classic-period warfare and politics.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Altamira, Tamaulipas
Target entity description: Altamira, Tamaulipas is an industrial and port city in northeastern Mexico, known for its petrochemical complexes and its role within the greater Tampico metropolitan area.

A. Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico is a border city on the Rio Grande opposite Eagle Pass, Texas, known as an important industrial and commercial hub in northern Mexico.
B. Tzintzuntzan
Tzintzuntzan was the principal political and ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Purépecha (Tarascan) state in western Mexico, known for its distinctive yácata pyramidal structures overlooking Lake Pátzcuaro.
C. El Tajín
El Tajín is a major pre-Columbian archaeological site in eastern Mexico, renowned for its Pyramid of the Niches and its significance as a center of Classic Veracruz culture.
D. Piedras Negras
Piedras Negras is a Mexican border city in the state of Coahuila, located across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas, and known for its industrial activity and cross-border trade.
E. Toniná
Toniná is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Chiapas, Mexico, known for its towering acropolis, intricate stone carvings, and evidence of powerful Classic-period warfare and politics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType	municipality of Tamaulipas ⓘ
belongsTo	Gulf Coast of Mexico ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
governingCountry	Mexican Federation ⓘ surface form: United Mexican States
hasEconomicActivity	chemical production ⓘ port services ⓘ storage and distribution ⓘ
hasEconomicImportanceFor	Mexico ⓘ Tamaulipas ⓘ
hasIndustry	logistics ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ petrochemicals ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Altamira ⓘ surface form: Altamira port
hasPortFunction	commercial port ⓘ industrial port ⓘ
hasPortSpecialization	bulk cargo ⓘ container cargo ⓘ liquid bulk ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure	highway connections ⓘ port facilities ⓘ rail connections ⓘ
hasUrbanRole	industrial hub ⓘ port city ⓘ
isCoastalCity	true ⓘ
isIndustrialCenterIn	Tamaulipas ⓘ
isMunicipalSeatOf	Altamira, Tamaulipas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Altamira Municipality
isPartOf	Mexican Gulf Coast industrial belt ⓘ
knownFor	industrial activity ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ petrochemical industry ⓘ
languageUsed	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Tamaulipas ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northeastern Mexico ⓘ
locatedOn	coast of Tamaulipas ⓘ
nearCity	Ciudad Madero ⓘ Tampico, Mexico ⓘ surface form: Tampico
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Tampico metropolitan area ⓘ
partOfEconomicRegion	Gulf of Mexico industrial corridor ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Tamaulipas ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Standard Time
timeZoneDST	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tampico, Mexico → connectedTo → Altamira, Tamaulipas ⓘ

Port of Altamira → locatedIn → Altamira, Tamaulipas ⓘ

Tampico Municipality → borderedBy → Altamira, Tamaulipas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Altamira Municipality

Altamira, Tamaulipas → isMunicipalSeatOf → Altamira, Tamaulipas self-linksurface differs ⓘ