Acayucan Municipality is one of the 212

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of the

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. It is located in the state's southeast, in the

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region. The municipal seat is the city of

Acayucan, Veracruz Acayucan is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, located in the state's southeast, in the Olmeca region. It serves as the municipal seat for the Acayucan Municipality. At the 2005 INEGI Census, Acayucan reported a population of 49,945. Refe ...

. It covers a total of 724.65 km² (279.79 sq mi). At the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a population of 79,459, of whom 49,945 lived in the municipal seat. Of the municipality's population, 3,655 (5.22%) spoke an

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, primarily

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, followed in numbers by Zapotec. In addition to the seat, the municipality's largest other communities are

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and

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History

Conquistadores

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and Hernan Cortés passed through Acayucan on the route from

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. In 1580 it was part of the ′′Villa de Espíritu Santo′′ (

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); when this was wiped out by pirates, Ayayucan became the seat of the ''

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.'' The local indigenous population rose up in rebellion in 1787. After the

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in 1821, the Acayucan municipality was established in 1824. San Martin Acayucan became a ''villa'' in 1824 and a town on June 13, 1848. The community was destroyed by a hurricane in 1888. Hilario C. Salas took the town of Acayucan in his fight against the Porfirian dictatorship in 1906. San Martin Acayucan became a city on September 26, 1910. Electrification came to the city in 1946. The Catholic church was destroyed in the July 1957 earthquake. In 2005–07, the

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(mayor) of Acayucan was Fabiola Vázquez Saút of the PAN, a daughter of the slain

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(local

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) Cirilo Vázquez. In May

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, Francisco Navarette Serna, presumed drug chieftain responsible for the February

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murders of five young people from Acayucan between 16 and 27 years old, was killed at a party at the height of the

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Climate

References

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its name in es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Stat ...

(INEGI)
Veracruz
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

Municipio de Acayucan
Municipal government website *
Municipal Official Information
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