Ixhuacán, or Ixhuacán de los Reyes, is a city in the
Mexican
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state
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of
Veracruz
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. It is located approximately from
Xalapa Enríquez;
Federal Highway 123 runs through it. It is bordered by
Teocelo
Teocelo is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz, located 20 km from Jalapa-Enríquez on Federal Highway 180. It is bordered by: Ixhuacán, Xico, and Coatepec. The coffee
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,
Xico and
Coatepec.
Coffee
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is the chief product of Ixhuacán de los Reyes.
It serves as the municipal seat for the
surrounding municipality of the same name.
History
In August, 1519
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions o ...
passed through Ixhuacán on his way to
Tenochtitlan
, also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexican in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th annivers ...
. Both Cortes and his chronicler
Francisco Lopez de Gomara described the town as having a fort.
Climate
Ixhuacán de los Reyes has a
subtropical highland climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring c ...
(Cfb) with cool to mild weather year-round. It experiences heavy monsoonal precipitation from June to September.
Demographics
As 2020, the municipality had a population of 11,387inhabitants in 141 localities.
[2020 Ixhuacán de los Reyes CENSUS]
/ref> Abou 20%, resides in the municipal seat (2,692 hab.). Other localities includes Monte Grande (926 hab.), Barranca Nueva (808 hab.), Tlalchy (625 hab.) and Caltzontepec (554 hab.).[
]
References
External links
- several pictures of the town, and surroundings.
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Municipal Official Site
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Municipal Official Information
Populated places in Veracruz
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