Nuevo Santander (New Santander) was a region of the

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, covering the modern

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and extending into modern-day southern Texas in the United States. A history of Texas, commissioned by the U.S. government's

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in 1934, noted that "The borders of New Santander did not stop at the Rio Bravo" (the Mexican name for the

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); and added that the borders "went north to the

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, near Corpus Christi, then west and north to the

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, then south again on a line along Laredo to the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madres, deep in Mexico." Nuevo Santander was named after

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, and settled by Spanish American colonists in a concerted settlement campaign peaking in 1748–1750. It fell under the jurisdiction of the Real Audiencia of Guadalajara in judicial matters, and in 1776 Nuevo Santander became part of the semi-autonomous

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. José de Escandón founded the colony in 1747. In 1755 Jiménez was founded which became the major town and capital of the colony. The state was subsequently renamed to Tamaulipas once Mexico gained its independence in 1821.

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