Moloacán is a

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

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, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...

. It is located in the south-east zone of the state, about from the state capital

Xalapa Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexico, Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In 2020 census the city reported a population of 443,063 ...

. It has a surface of . It is located at .

Geography

The municipality of Moloacán is delimited to the north by

Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos (; formerly known as Puerto México; ; Zapotec: ; Popoluca: ''Puertu'') 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 Ca ...

, to the east by Las Choapas, to the south by Minatitlán, and to the west by

Ixhuatlán del Sureste Ixhuatlán del Sureste is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the 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 ...

. The weather in Moloacán is hot all year round with rains in summer and autumn.

Economy

It produces principally

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beans A bean is the seed of some plants in the legume family (Fabaceae) used as a vegetable for human consumption or animal feed. The seeds are often preserved through drying (a ''pulse''), but fresh beans are also sold. Dried beans are tradition ...

rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...

and

orange fruit The orange, also called sweet orange to distinguish it from the bitter orange (''Citrus × aurantium''), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae. Botanically, this is the hybrid ''Citrus'' × ''sinensis'', between the pomelo (''Citrus m ...

Culture

In May, a celebration takes place to honor to

Santiago Apóstol Santiago Apóstol is a town and Municipalities of Oaxaca, municipality in Oaxaca, southwestern Mexico. It is part of the Ocotlán District south of the Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, Valles Centrales Region. References

Municipalities of Oa ...

, patron of the town.

References

External links

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Municipal Official webpage
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Municipal Official Information
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