Camarón de Tejeda Municipality 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 state A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...

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 state's southeast, in the Las Montañas region. The municipal seat is the city of

Camarón de Tejeda Camarón de Tejeda is a town in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is most famous for the 1863 Battle of Camarón at the town's Hacienda Camarón. In the 2005 ...

. It covers a total of 74.38 km². At the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a population of 5,660, of whom 2019 lived in the municipal seat.

Geography

The municipality of Camarón de Tejeda is delimited to the east by the

Soledad de Doblado Soledad de Doblado is a municipality located in the semiarid zone of the center of the Mexican state of Veracruz, in the plains of the Sotavento of Veracruz, about 75 km from the state capital of Xalapa. It has a surface of 370.96 km2. It is ...

, to the south and west by the

Paso del Macho Paso del Macho is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the central zone of the state, about from the state capital, Xalapa. It has an area of . It is located at . Geography The municipality of Paso del Macho is del ...

, and to the west by

Zentla Zentla is a municipality 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 Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico Cit ...

History

Camarón de Tejeda is famous for the

Battle of Camarón The Battle of Camarón (French: ) was a last stand engagement fought on 30 April 1863 between the French Foreign Legion and the Mexican Army, during the Second French intervention in Mexico (1861–1867). A small French detachment of 65 men, l ...

, fought on 30 April 1863 between the

French Foreign Legion The French Foreign Legion (, also known simply as , "the Legion") is a corps of the French Army created to allow List of militaries that recruit foreigners, foreign nationals into French service. The Legion was founded in 1831 and today consis ...

and the

Mexican Army The Mexican Army () is the combined Army, land and Air Force, air branch and is the largest part of the Mexican Armed Forces; it is also known as the National Defense Army. The Army is under the authority of the Secretariat of National Defense o ...

References

External links

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Municipal Official Site
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Municipal Official Information
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