Magdalena is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the Mexican

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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 ...

. It is located in the central zone of Veracruz, about 125 km 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 an area of 28.79 km². It is located at .

Geography

Magdalena is delimited to the north by

San Andrés Tenejapan San Andrés Tenejapan is a municipality located in the montane central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 85 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 24.68 km2. It is located at . Geographic Limits The municipality of San Andrés T ...

and

Ixtaczoquitlán Ixtaczoquitlán is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is from Orizaba. It is close to the Fortín–Orizaba railroad and stands on Federal Highways 180 & 190. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the ...

, to the east and south by

Tequila Tequila (; ) is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila northwest of Guadalajara, and in the Jaliscan Highlands ('' Los Altos de Jalisco'') of the central western Mexican s ...

and to the west by San Andrés Tenejapan. The weather in Magdalena is cold all year with rain in summer and autumn.

Economy

It produces principally

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and

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Culture

A celebration in honor of Santa María Magdalena, patron saint of the town, takes place in July.

References

External links

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Municipal official webpage
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Municipal official information
{{Veracruz Municipalities of Veracruz