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Bagdad
Port of Matamoros | |
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Former settlement | |
 Sunset over the floodplains just west of Bagdad Beach | |
  Bagdad Location in Tamaulipas  Bagdad Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 25°57′00″N 97°09′00″W / 25.950°N 97.150°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Tamaulipas |
| Municipality | Matamoros |
| Founded | 1848 |
| Abandoned | 1880 |
Bagdad was a town established in 1848 on the south bank of the mouth of the Rio Grande, in Mexico. Because the town was inside the municipality of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, it was also known as the Port of Bagdad or the Port of Matamoros. It was officially declared non-existent in 1880.