Martínez de la Torre is a city and its surrounding

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 ...

of the same name located in the central part of the Mexican 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 ...

. The city had a 2005 census population of 56,433, while the municipality had a population of 97,768. There is a total area of 815.13 km² (314.72 sq mi) in the municipality. The largest other community in the municipality is the town of Independencia. Martínez de la Torre is on the

Nautla River The Nautla River is a river of Mexico. The River rises on the northern slope of Cofre de Perote volcano, and flows northeastwards to empty into the Gulf of Mexico. The Bobos River is a tributary. See also *List of rivers of Mexico This is a lis ...

, also known as the Filobobos. Martinez de la Torre have the most taxi service that people use for their daily lives.

References

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática * Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

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Municipal Official Information
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