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Veracruz
Puerto de Veracruz
—  Ceety an municipality  —

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Veracruz is located in Mexico
Veracruz
Coordinates: 19°11′25″N 96°09′12″W / 19.19028°N 96.15333°W / 19.19028; -96.15333
Kintra Banner o Mexico Mexico
State Veracruz
Municipality Veracruz
Established 22 Aprile 1519[1]
Govrenment
 - Municipal Preses Carolina Gudiño Corro (PRI)
Hicht 10 m (33 ft)
Indwallers (2010)
 - Ceety an municipality 552,156
 Urban 520,708
 Metro 702,394 (metro)
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
 - Simmer (DST) CDT (UTC−5)
Wabsteid www.veracruz-puerto.gob.mx/

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]

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Sister ceeties [edit]

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

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References [edit]

  1. Stacy, Lee (1 October 2002). Mexico and the United States. Marshall Cavendish. Retrieved on 20 April 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México Veracruz Ignacio de la Llave (Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved on 29 October 2009. .
  3. 2010 census tables: INEGI
  4. Alisau Graber, Patricia. Un poco de gracia. MexConnect. Retrieved on 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. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BEK/is_8_13/ai_n15341623/. Retrieved 29 October 2009. 
  6. "México DF, otro hermano para Cádiz.", Diario Bahía de Cádiz. (in Spanish)

Freemit airtins [edit]

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