Alto Lucero (formally: Alto Lucero de Gutiérrez Barrios) is a city and municipality in the
Mexican state
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**Nation state, a ...
of
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...
. It is located at , some 35 km from state capital
Xalapa
Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexico, Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In 2020 census the city reported a population of 443,063 ...
. The
Laguna Verde nuclear power plant
The Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant (LVNPP) is located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, in Alto Lucero, Veracruz, Mexico. It is the only nuclear power, nuclear power plant in Mexico and produces about 4.5% of the country's electrical energy ...
, Mexico's only such facility,
was built near the town of
Punta Limón
Punta is an Afro-Indigenous dance and cultural music deeply rooted in the cultural traditions of the Garifuna of Honduras. It heavily incorporates West African/Central African drumming, the dance primarily of Angola and Congo origins. The musi ...
in Alto Lucero municipality during the 1970s.
It is the birthplace and childhood hometown of famed singer
Paquita la del Barrio (1947–2025).
Demographics
As 2020 the municipality had a population of 28,184 inhabitants in 137 localities.
[2020 Alto Lucero CENSUS]
/ref> Alto Lucero, the municipal seat, had a population of 5,243 inhabitants, other localities includes Mesa de Guadalupe (3,439 hab.), Palma Sola (3,227 hab.), Blanca Espuma (1,580 hab.) and La Reforma (1,335 hab.).[
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References
External links
Alto Lucero municipal webpage
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Municipal Official Information
Populated places in Veracruz
Municipalities of Veracruz
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