Cosoleacaque is a municipality in the south-east zone of the State of

Veracruz 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 Me ...

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. It is located about from 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 ...

. It has a surface of . It is located at . Cosoleacaque borders to the north on

Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos () is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, mostly on the western side of the Coatzacoalcos River estuary, on the Bay of Campeche, on the southern Gulf of Mexico coast. The city serves as the municip ...

and

Pajapan Pajapan is a municipality and city in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in south zone of the State of Veracruz, about from the state capital of Xalapa. It has a surface of , and is located at . Geographic limits The municipality of Pajapan is delimi ...

, to the south on Minatitlán, to the east on

Ixhuatlán del Sureste Ixhuatlán del Sureste is a municipality of Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in south-east zone of Veracruz, about from Xalapa, the state capital. The total area of the municipality is . The municipality is delimited to the north by Coatzacoalcos ...

and

Nanchital Nanchital is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is about 438 km from the state capital, Xalapa. It has an area of 63.99 km2. It is at . The municipality of Nanchital is delimited to the north by Coatzacoalcos to the south by Minatitlán and ...

and to the west on Chinameca. The weather is warm all year with rains in summer and autumn. Cosoleacaque's main products are

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 ...

and

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

. Cosoleacaque has a celebration in honor of Santa Cruz, patron of the town.

Transportation

Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International Airport Minatitlán International Airport is an international airport located in Cosoleacaque, Veracruz, Mexico, near Minatitlán. It handles national and international air traffic for the cities of Minatitlán and the south-eastern region of Veracruz ...

is located in Cosoleacaque.

Recent events

Former mayor Gladys Merlín Castro (, 2008-2010) and her daughter, Carla Enríquez Merlín, were shot and killed outside their home in Barrio Segundo on February 16, 2021. As of March 5, 2021, 577 confirmed cases and 130 deaths associated with the

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had been reported.

References

External links

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Municipal Official webpage
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Municipal Official Information
{{Veracruz Municipalities of Veracruz