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Coacoatzintla
Coacoatzintla in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in the mountainous central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 11.5 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 51.00 km2. It is located at . The municipality of Coacoatzintla is delimited to the north by Tonayan, to the north-east by Miahuatlán, to the east by Naolinco, to the south-east by Jilotepec, to the south by Banderilla and to the west by Tlacolulan. It produces principally maize and potatoes The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United .... The celebration in honor to Santiago Apostol, patron of the town, occurs in July. The climate in Coacoatzintla is wet and cold with rains all year round. References External links *Municipal Official webpage*Municipal Official Information {{Veracruz Municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jilotepec, Veracruz
Jilotepec (Nahuatl: "on the hill of jilotes") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz, located north-northwest of the state capital Xalapa. Geography The municipality of Jilotepec is located in central Veracruz at an altitude between . It borders the municipalities of Coacoatzintla to the north, Naolinco to the northeast, Xalapa to the southeast, Banderilla to the south, Rafael Lucio to the southwest, and Tlacolulan to the northwest. The municipality covers an area of and comprises 0.1% of the state's area. The municipality is drained by upper tributaries of the Actopan River. The perennial Naolinco River forms part of Jilotepec's border with the municipality of Naolinco. Jilotepec's climate is generally humid with rain throughout the year. Average temperatures in the municipality range between , and average annual precipitation ranges between . History Jilotepec was founded by the Totonac people in 980 as part of the confederation of Tlacolulan. The Teoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naolinco De Victoria
Naolinco is a small city in Veracruz, Mexico. It is named after Guadalupe Victoria, also known as Naolinco de Victoria. It is on Federal Highways 190 and 180. It has borders with Xalapa, Acatlán, Tepetlán, and Coacoatzintla. Naolinco is known for its leather-crafts. As in other regions of the country and the region, water pollution is a major problem affecting the inhabitants of the area. In Naolinco there are numerous cases of people suffering from congenital (birth) diseases as well as health alterations linked to cancer. Similarly, many inhabitants burn waste and trash affecting air quality and generating even more pollution problems with health consequences. The lack of drinking water and environmental education cause serious problems for the municipality. Based on data from Mexican Social Security Institute, there is evidence and recorded cases of people affected by Skin Cancer, Down syndrome and Autism The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tlacolulan
Tlacolulan is a municipality located in the montane central zone in the State of Veracruz, about 17 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 137.36 km2. It is located at . It was inhabited by the totonac pre-Hispanic, of the former ones of Xalapa's region. For decree number 25 of April 14, 1861 the Government of the State, ordered that the people head-board of this municipality names Tlacolulan of the Free ones. Geographic Limits The municipality of Tlacolulan is delimited to the north by Tenochtitlán, to the east by Coacoatzintla and Tonayan and to the south by Acajete. It is watered by small creeks that are tributaries of the river Actópan Agriculture It produces principally maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th .... Celebrations In Tlacolulan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veracruz (state)
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in eastern Mexico and is bordered by seven states, which are Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco. Veracruz is divided into Municipalities of Veracruz, 212 municipalities, and its capital city is Xalapa, Xalapa-Enríquez. Veracruz has a significant share of the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico on the east of the state. The state is noted for its mixed ethnic and indigenous populations. Cuisine of Veracruz, Its cuisine reflects the many cultural influences that have come through the state because of the importance of the port of Veracruz. In addition to the capital city, the state's largest cities include Veracruz (city), Veracruz, Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xalapa
Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat reported a population of 413,136. The municipality has an area of 118.45 km2. Xalapa lies near the geographic center of the state and is the second-largest city in the state after the city of Veracruz to the southeast. Etymology The name ''Xalapa'' comes from the Classical Nahuatl roots (, 'sand') and (, 'place of water'), which means approximately 'spring in the sand'. It's classically pronounced in Nahuatl, although the final /n/ is often omitted. This was adopted into Spanish as ''Xalapa''. The complete name of the city is ''Xalapa-Enríquez'', bestowed in honor of a governor from the 19th century, Juan de la Luz Enríquez. The city's nickname, "City of Flowers" ( es, La ciudad de las flores), was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miahuatlán (Veracruz) , Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Miahuatlán may refer to: Places Mexico * Miahuatlán, Amacuzac * Miahuatlán, Cunduacán * Miahuatlán, Metztitlán * Miahuatlán, Omealca Oaxaca *Miahuatlán District *Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz *Sierra de Miahuatlán, south-easternmost range in the Sierra Madre del Sur *Santa Lucía Miahuatlán Puebla * Santiago Miahuatlán * San José Miahuatlán Veracruz *Miahuatlán (Veracruz) Others * Miahuatlán cotton rat (Sigmodon planifrons), a rodent species in the family Cricetidae *Miahuatlán Zapotec Miahuatlán Zapotec, also known as Cuixtla Zapotec, is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banderilla, Veracruz
Banderilla is a municipality located in the central zone of the State of Veracruz, Mexico, about 9 km from the state capital, Xalapa. It has a surface area of 22.21 km2. It is located at . Tradition has it that the name alludes to a small flag (''banderilla'') that thieves would hoist on the summit of the hill of La Martinica as a signal to their accomplices that a valuable goods were being moved along the royal highway. Geographical limits The municipality of Banderilla is delimited to the north and northeast by Jilotepec, to the east and the south by Xalapa, and to the southeast and west by Rafael Lucio. To the municipality it is watered by tributary rivers of the Sedeño River, which in turn is a tributary of the Actopan River. Agriculture It produces principally maize, sugarcane and coffee Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulant, stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maize
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces pollen inflorescences (or "tassels") and separate ovuliferous inflorescences called ears that when fertilized yield kernels or seeds, which are fruits. The term ''maize'' is preferred in formal, scientific, and international usage as a common name because it refers specifically to this one grain, unlike ''corn'', which has a complex variety of meanings that vary by context and geographic region. Maize has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the total production of maize surpassing that of wheat or rice. In addition to being consumed directly by humans (often in the form of masa), maize is also used for corn ethanol, animal feed and other maize products, such as corn starch and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potatoes
The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile. The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated by Native Americans independently in multiple locations,University of Wisconsin-Madison, ''Finding rewrites the evolutionary history of the origin of potatoes'' (2005/ref> but later genetic studies traced a single origin, in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia. Potatoes were domesticated there approximately 7,000–10,000 years ago, from a species in the ''Solanum brevicaule'' complex. Lay summary: In the Andes region of South America, where the species is indigenous, some close relatives of the potato are cultivated. Potatoes were introduced to Europe from the Americas by the Spanish in the second half of the 16th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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