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Ciudad Tula

municipal seat of Tula, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ2000148 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tula is a town located in Tula Municipality in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

History

The city was founded on 22 July 1617, by the Franciscan friar Juan Baptist of Mollinedo; thus, it is usually considered the oldest city in the state of Tamaulipas.

In 2011, Tula was declared a Pueblo Mágico. In August 2013, archeologists discovered 30 skeletons estimated to be about 3,000 years old. This could mean that the area of Tula was home to one of oldest genetic lineages of America.

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The public source identifies “Ciudad Tula” as municipal seat of Tula, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ciudad, Tula and municipal.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1617, 2011, 2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1617-07-22. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ciudad, Tula and municipal providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2000148. VIAF identifies the subject as 5325154592517343370002. Authority coordinates are 22.997, -99.713. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1617, 2011 and 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ciudad Tula” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.