Veracruz, Veracruz

Veracruz, offeecially kent as Heroica Veracruz, is a major port ceety an municipality on the Guwf o Mexico in the Mexican state o Veracruz. The ceety is locatit in the central pairt o the state.[2] Locatit 90 km (56 mi) alang Federal Heich-gate 140 frae the state caipital Xalapa, it is the state's maist muckle ceety. The ceety's population is greater than the municipality's population, syne pairt o the ceety extends intae neebourin Boca del Río Municipality. At the 2010 census, the ceety haed 554,830 inhabitants, 428,323 in Veracruz Municipality an 126,507 in Boca del Río Municipality.[3] Veracruz is Mexico’s auldest, lairgest, an historically maist significant port syne European colonization.[2][4][5]

Veracruz

Puerto de Veracruz
Banner o Veracruz
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Coat of airms o Veracruz
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Veracruz is located in Mexico
Veracruz
Veracruz
Coordinates: 19°11′25″N 96°09′12″W / 19.19028°N 96.15333°W / 19.19028; -96.15333
Kintra Mexico
StateVeracruz
MunicipalityVeracruz
Established22 Aprile 1519[1]
Govrenment
 • Municipal PresesCarolina Gudiño Corro (PRI)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Ceety an municipality552,156
 • Urban
520,708
 • Metro
702,394 (metro)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Websitewww.veracruz-puerto.gob.mx/

Sister ceeties

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Flag Ceety Region Kintra
  Campeche Campeche Mexico
  Xalapa Veracruz Mexico
  Ensenada Baja California Mexico
  Tijuana Baja California Mexico
  Honolulu Hawaii Unitit States
  Miami-Dade Coonty Florida Unitit States
  San Jose Californie Unitit States
  Corpus Christi Texas United States
  Mobile Alabama Unitit States
  Galveston Texas Unitit States
  Laredo Texas Unitit States
  Valencia Valencie Commonty Spain
  Almeria Andalusie Spain
  Oviedo Asturias Spain
  Cadiz Andalusie Spain[6]
  Bratislava Bratislava Region Slovakie
  Valparaíso Valparaíso Region Chile
  Havana La Habana Province Cuba
  Cartagena de Indias Bolívar Depairtment Colombie
  Bristol Bristol Ingland

Consulates

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References

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  1. Stacy, Lee (1 October 2002). Mexico and the United States. Marshall Cavendish. p. 845. ISBN 9780761474029. Retrieved 20 Apryle 2012.
  2. a b "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México Veracruz Ignacio de la Llave" (in Spanish). Mexico: INAFED. Archived frae the original on 27 Februar 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  3. 2010 census tables: INEGI Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Alisau Graber, Patricia. "Un poco de gracia". MexConnect. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  5. Rueda, Marisol (August 2005). "Overdrive: Mexico's Port of Veracruz expands to move more goods—cars above all else". Latin Trade. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  6. Redacción Cádiz. "México DF, otro hermano para Cádiz" (in Spanish). Diario Bahía de Cádiz. Archived frae the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2012. Cádiz ha sumado en los últimos años diversos hermanamientos en el continente sudamericano: con Veracruz (México); Montevideo (Uruguay); San Pedro de Cholula y Puebla (México); Cartagena de Indias (Colombia); La Dorada (Colombia); y con Bogotá, Guaduas, Honda, Mariquita y Ambalema, ciudades todas colombianas integrantes de la Ruta Mutis, en homenaje al bicentenario del fallecimiento del botánico gaditano.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

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