Matamoros

Matamoros is a Spanish surname and place name meaning ‘Moor killer’. It may refer to:

Music

• "Matamoros", a song by The Afghan Whigs from Do to the Beast
• "Matamoros Banks", a song by Bruce Springsteen from Devils & Dust
• Matamoros Querido, a 1971 album by Rigo Tovar
  • "Mi Matamoros Querido", a song on Matamoros Querido

People

• Carlos Matamoros Franco (born 1966), Ecuadorian chess grandmaster
• Mariano Matamoros (1770–1814), a liberal priest and insurgent active during the Mexican War of Independence
• Miguel Matamoros (1894–1971), a Cuban musician and composer
  • Trio Matamoros, Cuban trova group founded by Miguel Matamoros
• Saint James Matamoros, 'the Moor-slayer', Spanish mythological figure

Places

Mexico

• Matamoros Municipality, Chihuahua
  • Mariano Matamoros, Chihuahua, town and municipal seat
• Matamoros Municipality, Coahuila
  • Matamoros, Coahuila, city and municipal seat
• General Mariano Matamoros Airport, an airport located in Temixco, Morelos
• Tlacolula de Matamoros, city in Oaxaca
• Izúcar de Matamoros, city in Puebla
• Landa de Matamoros, city in Querétaro
• Matamoros (Mexibús), a BRT station in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico
• Matamoros Municipality, Tamaulipas
  • Matamoros, Tamaulipas, also known as Heroica Matamoros, a city and municipal seat
    • Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan area, transnational conurbation along the Mexico–U.S. border
    • Matamoros Cathedral

Spain

• Valle de Matamoros, municipality in the province of Badajoz

See also

• Matamoras (disambiguation)