Jamapa 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 state The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...

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 ...

which stands on Federal Highway 137. Its name comes from

Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...

Xam-a-pan, meaning 'in the river of the adobes'. The municipality was established on 17 February 1870. It had a population 11,132 in 2020. Jamapa borders

Manlio Fabio Altamirano Manlio Fabio Altamirano (also, Manlio Favio Altamirano and Altamirano) is a town in 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 Lla ...

to the north and west,

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

to the north, south and east,

Cotaxtla Cotaxtla is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located 45 km from the city of Veracruz on Federal Highway 180. Major products in Cotaxtla are corn, sugar, and fruits. In September 2010, the city suffered widespread damage from ...

to the west and south. Jamapa is very agricultural as a region; major products are corn, coffee, fruits, and sugar. On 10 November 2020, municipal president Florisel Ríos Delfín (a PRD member) was kidnapped and assassinated. Her body was found in Medellín de Bravo the next day.

External links

Jamapa municipal government web site
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Municipal Official Information
Populated places in Veracruz {{Veracruz-geo-stub