Coxquihui is a municipality in

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 in montane central zone of the state, about 95 km from state capital

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. It has a surface of 86.37 km2. It is located at . The municipality is delimited to the north by Chumatlan, to the east by Espinal, to the south by

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, to the south-west by

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State and to the west by Mecatlán. 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 ...

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and

chili pepper Chili peppers (also chile, chile pepper, chilli pepper, or chilli), from Nahuatl '' chīlli'' (), are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus ''Capsicum'', which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for ...

. A celebration in honor of San Mateo, patron of the town, takes place in September. The weather in Coxquihui is warm-medium all year with rains in summer and autumn.

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