Veracruz
Veracruz is a coastal state in Central Mexico. It has a developing tourism sector, with many ruins, colonial historical sites, natural features ranging from a towering Pico Orizaba — the highest point in Mexico — to low-lying lagoons and bio-reserves, and fairly decent beaches.Tap on the map to travel |
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Veracruz
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Veracruz is a large city in the state of Veracruz in Central Mexico.
Xalapa
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Xalapa is the capital of Veracruz in Mexico. Xalapa is a college town that enjoys some fine colonial architecture as well as a nice climate in the highlands above the hot and humid Veracruz coast.
El Tajin
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El Tajin is in the state of Veracruz in Mexico. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Destinations
Coatzacoalcos
Coatzacoalcos is an industrial port city at the southern tip of the state of Veracruz.Orizaba
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Orizaba is a city in Veracruz, Mexico. The city is very quiet, crossed by many rivers, with many parks and beautiful churches from the 16th to the 18th centuries, monuments and buildings of great history.
Tlacotalpan
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Tlacotalpan is a picturesque small town in eastern Veracruz on the Papaloapan River.
Córdoba
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Córdoba is inland from Veracruz. The city boasts of its historical importance, its colonial places and buildings, its cultural centers, parks and its gastronomy.
Poza Rica
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Poza Rica de Hidalgo is a city of 200,000 people in Veracruz.
Cofre de Perote National Park
Cofre de Perote National Park is a Mexico national park surrounding the Cofre de Perote mountain in the state of Veracruz.Papantla
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Located close by El Tajin ruins and the interchange city of Poza Rica, Papantla is known for its downtown square and its cathedral, where voladores perform.
Coatepec
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Coatepec is in the central region of the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Catemaco
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Catemaco is a county and city in Veracruz State, Mexico.
Tuxpan
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Tuxpan is a city of 90,000 people in Veracruz on the banks of the Tuxpan River, which reaches the Gulf of Mexico 11 km downstream.
San Andrés Tuxtla
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San Andrés Tuxla is a city in the state of Veracruz, in an area known as Los Tuxtlas.
Zempoala
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Zempoala is a town along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Veracruz.
Tecolutla
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Tecolutla is a beach town 190 km north of the city of Veracruz along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Veracruz state.
Veracruz
- Type: State with 8,060,000 residents
- Description: federal state of Mexico
- Neighbors: Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco and Tamaulipas
- Categories: state of Mexico and locality
- Location: Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude of centre
19.3333° or 19° 20' northLongitude of centre
-96.6667° or 96° 40' westPopulation
8,060,000Elevation
464 metres (1,522 feet)Abbreviation
VEROpenStreetMap ID
node 305626898OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
3514780Wikidata ID
Q60130Veracruz Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Veracruz
- Arabic: Veracruz
- Arabic: فيراكروز
- Arabic: فيركروس
- Arabic: ولاية فيراكروز
- Arabic: ولايه فيراكروز
- Aragonese: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Armenian: Վերակրուս
- Armenian: Վերաքրուզ
- Aymara: Veracruz Istadu
- Basque: Veracruz-Llave
- Basque: Veracruz
- Belarusian: Веракрус
- Belarusian: Вэракрус
- Belarusian: Штат Веракрус
- Bengali: বেরাক্রুস
- Breton: Stad Veracruz
- Breton: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Bulgarian: Веракрус
- Burmese: ဗေရကရုမြို့
- Catalan: Estat de Veracruz
- Catalan: Veracruz
- Cebuano: Estado de Veracruz-Llave
- Chechen: Веракрус (штат)
- Chechen: Веракрус
- Chinese: Veracruz Chiu
- Chinese: 維拉克魯斯州
- Chinese: 韋拉克魯斯州
- Chinese: 韦拉克鲁斯州
- Cornish: Veracruz
- Croatian: Veracruz
- Czech: Veracruz
- Danish: Veracruz-Llave
- Danish: Veracruz
- Danish: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Dutch: Veracruz
- Dutch: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- English: Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- English: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Esperanto: Veracruz
- Esperanto: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Esperanto: Verakruco
- Estonian: Veracruzi osariik
- Finnish: Veracruz
- Finnish: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- French: Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- French: MX-VER
- French: Veracruz
- French: Veracruz-Llave
- French: Veracruz Llave
- French: Véracruz
- French: État de Veracruz
- Galician: Estado de Veracruz
- Galician: Estado de Verecruz
- Georgian: ვერაკრუსი
- Georgian: ვერაკრუსის შტატი
- German: MX-VER
- German: Veracruz
- German: Veracruz Llave
- German: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Greek: Βερακρούζ
- Greek: Βερακρούς
- Gujarati: વેરાક્રુઝ
- Hebrew: וראקרוס
- Hindi: वेराक्रुज़
- Hungarian: Veracruz
- Icelandic: Veracruz (fylki)
- Icelandic: Veracruz
- Iloko: Veracruz
- Indonesian: Veracruz
- Interlingua: Veracruz
- Irish: Veracruz
- Italian: Veracruz
- Japanese: ベラクルス州
- Japanese: ヴェラクルス州
- Kannada: ವೆರಾಕ್ರಜ್
- Korean: 베라크루스주
- Ladino: Veracruz
- Ladino: Verakruz
- Lao: Veracruz
- Latin: Vera Crux
- Latin: Veracrux
- Latin: Veracruz
- Latvian: Verakrusa
- Latvian: Verakrusa de Ignasio de la Ljave
- Lithuanian: Verakrusas
- Lithuanian: Verakruso valstija
- Macedonian: Веракруз
- Malagasy: Veracruz
- Malay: Veracruz
- Maltese: Veracruz
- Marathi: बेराक्रुथ
- Marathi: बेराक्रुथ राज्य
- Marathi: व्हेराक्रुझ
- Marathi: व्हेराक्रुझ राज्य
- Mazanderani: وراکروس
- Min Nan Chinese: Veracruz Chiu
- Northern Frisian: Veracruz (Bundesstoot)
- Northern Frisian: Veracruz
- Norwegian: Veracruz
- Norwegian Bokmål: Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Norwegian Bokmål: Veracruz-Llave
- Norwegian Bokmål: Veracruz
- Norwegian Bokmål: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Veracruz
- Occitan (post 1500): Estat de Veracruz
- Occitan (post 1500): Veracruz
- Ossetian: Веракрус
- Pampanga: Veracruz
- Panjabi: ਬੇਰਾਕਰੂਸ
- Persian: وراکروز
- Persian: وراکروس
- Piemontese: Veracruz
- Polish: Estado de Veracruz-Llave
- Polish: Veracruz
- Portuguese: Estado de Veracruz
- Portuguese: Estado de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Portuguese: Veracruz
- Portuguese: Veracruz Llave
- Portuguese: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Quechua: Veracruz suyu
- Romanian: Statul Veracruz
- Romanian: Veracruz
- Romansh: Veracruz
- Russian: Веракрус
- Scots: Veracruz
- Serbian: Estado de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Serbian: Веракруз
- Serbian: Држава Веракруз
- Serbo-Croatian: Država Veracruz
- Serbo-Croatian: Država Verakruz
- Serbo-Croatian: Veracruz
- Serbo-Croatian: Verakruz
- Sinhala: වෙරකෘස්
- Slovak: Veracruz
- Slovenian: Veracruz
- Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Spanish: Estado de Veracruz
- Spanish: Estado de Veracruz-Llave
- Spanish: Estado de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Spanish: Veracruz
- Spanish: Veracruz-Llave
- Spanish: Veracruz Llave
- Spanish: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Swahili: Veracruz
- Swedish: Veracruz-Llave
- Swedish: Veracruz
- Tagalog: Veracruz
- Tajik: Иёлати Веракрус
- Tamil: வேராகிருஸ்
- Tatar: Веракрус (штат)
- Tatar: Веракрус
- Telugu: వెరాక్రజ్
- Thai: Veracruz
- Thai: รัฐเบรากรุซ
- Turkish: Veracruz
- Ukrainian: Веракрус-Йяве
- Ukrainian: Веракрус
- Urdu: ویراکروز
- Uzbek: Verakrus
- Venetian: Veracruz
- Vietnamese: Veracruz
- Waray (Philippines): Veracruz
- Welsh: Veracruz
- Western Armenian: Վերաքրուզ
- Western Frisian: Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- Western Mari: Веракрус
- Western Panjabi: ویراکروز
- Wu Chinese: 韦拉克鲁斯州
- Yue Chinese: 韋拉克魯斯州
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