Soconusco Municipality is a municipality in Mexico located to the south-east of the State in the Plains of the Sotavento of

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, about from state capital

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. It has an area of . It is located at .

Geographic Limits

Soconusco Municipality is delimited to the north by

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to the east by Jaltipan de Morelos Municipality, to the south by

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and to the west by Acayucan Municipality. It is watered by a creek and tributary creeks of the Chacalapa river, tributary of the Coatzacoalcos river.

Agriculture

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 ...

beans A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes th ...

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

and

orange fruit An orange is a fruit of various citrus species in the family Rutaceae (see list of plants known as orange); it primarily refers to ''Citrus'' × ''sinensis'', which is also called sweet orange, to distinguish it from the related ''Citrus × ...

Celebrations

Every May in Soconusco there is a celebration in honor of Virgen de la Concepción, and in June there´s a celebration in honor of San Antonio de Padua and in July the biggest celebration is in honor of Santa Ana de mother of the virgin Mary does are the Patrons of the town, in April the 26 there´s a celebration almost like a tradition of choosing the pretties Young Lady of town a couple of them around five choose to participate in the contest to win the crown this is for La Reyna de La Sal (Queen of Pink Salt) and a couple of young males participate in the contest too for one of them to be the Ugly King(El Rey Feo) this all belongs to a tradition in the way of a small town in the outsides of Soconusco. Benito Juarez is a small town with a salt water well, the water from which is boiled to produce Pink Salt, which is rich in sodium and helps to prevent diabetes and other issues. In December there is a celebration in honor of Virgen de Guadalupe.

Weather

The weather in Soconusco Municipality is warm and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

References

External links

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