Ciudad Cuauhtémoc (syoo-DAHD kwou-TAI-mok), city (1990 pop. 8,612) and township, Pueblo Viejo municipio, Veracruz, E Mexico, on Tampico Lagoon, near the Gulf of Mexico, 3 mi/4.8 km SE of Tampico, on Mexico Highway 180. Petroleum drilling and refining. Bellavista petroleum-refining plant nearby.
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