Comapa (from

Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...

''Komapan'', "in the river of pots") is a

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in the

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state of

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, located about south of the state capital

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 ...

Geography

The municipality of Comapa is located in the

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lowlands of central Veracruz. It borders the municipalities of Puente Nacional and Tlacotepec de Mejía to the north, Totutla to the northwest, Sochiapa to the west,

Huatusco Huatusco de Chicuellar (commonly known as Huatusco), is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, on the Xalapa–Mexico City railroad that was founded by Italian immigrants. It is bordered by Calcahualco, the state of Puebla, Ixhuatlán del C ...

to the southwest, Zentla to the south,

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to the southeast, and

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to the northeast. The municipality covers an area of and comprises 0.4% of the state's area. The northern border of the municipality mostly follows the Paso Limón and Panoaya Rivers. The Panoaya (from

''Panohaya'', "place where the waters pass") is an upper tributary of the Paso de Ovejas River, which itself meets the La Antigua River at La Antigua. The municipality's southern border is mostly made up by the Chavaxtla and Paso Lagartos Rivers, both tributaries of the

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. Comapa's climate is generally warm and subhumid with rain in the summer. Average temperatures in the municipality range between , and average annual precipitation ranges between .

History

In pre-Hispanic times the

Totonac people The Totonac are an indigenous people of Mexico who reside in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo. They are one of the possible builders of the pre-Columbian city of El Tajín, and further maintained quarters in Teotihuacán (a city wh ...

built a fort at Comapa. Local tradition has it that Comapa was one of the places where

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hid during his guerilla campaign in the

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. On 28 March 1831, Comapa became a municipality in the canton of Huatusco in the state of Veracruz. It became a free municipality on 15 January 1918.

Administration

The municipal government comprises a president, a councillor ( Spanish: ''síndico''), and a trustee (''regidor''). The current president of the municipality is Carmen Cantón Croda.

Demographics

In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Comapa recorded a population of 18,713 inhabitants living in 4382 households. It recorded a population of 19,859 inhabitants in the 2015 Intercensal Survey. There are 67 localities in the municipality, of which two are classified as urban: * The municipal seat, also called Comapa, which recorded a population of 1421 inhabitants in the 2010 Census; and * Boca del Monte, which recorded 4832 inhabitants in 2010.

Agriculture

Crops grown in the municipality include coffee, corn and sugarcane. Comapa is known for its ''comapeño'' peppers, a small orange variety eaten fresh or dried.

References

{{Veracruz Municipalities of Veracruz 1831 establishments in Mexico States and territories established in 1831