Places
- Matamoros, Tamaulipas, also known as Heroica Matamoros, a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas
- Matamoros–Brownsville Metropolitan Area, a transnational conurbation in the U.S.-Mexico border
- Izúcar de Matamoros, a city in the Mexican state of Puebla
- Landa de Matamoros, a city in the Mexican state of Querétaro
- Matamoros, Coahuila, a city in the Mexican state of Coahuila
- Matamoros, Chihuahua, a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua
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