Central Mexico
Veracruz
Perote

Perote

Perote is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of . The city serves as the seat of government for the surrounding municipality of the same name, with a population 42,451 inhabitants as 2020, while the municipality population is of 77,432.
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  • Type: Town with 37,500 residents
  • Description: city in Veracruz, Mexico
  • Also known as: “Perote, Veracruz” and “Pinahuizapan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include San Carlos Fortress.

Castle
Photo: Koffermejia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an 18th-century fortress in the city of Perote, in the state of . It is also known as the Fort of San Carlos, Perote Castle, the Castle of San Carlos, Perote Prison, San Carlos de Perote Fortress, and San Carlos de Perote Castle.

Perote

Latitude
19.56122° or 19° 33′ 40″ north
Longitude
-97.24284° or 97° 14′ 34″ west
Population
37,500
Elevation
2,416 metres (7,927 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MX PRT
Open location code
76F4HQ64+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 472257715
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3521628
Wiki­data ID
Q2071648
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Tatar—“Perote” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Perote”
  • Cebuano: “Perote”
  • Chechen: “Пероте”
  • Chinese: “佩罗特”
  • Dutch: “Perote”
  • Esperanto: “Perote (Komunumo en Veracruz)”
  • French: “Perote”
  • Georgian: “პეროტე (ვერაკრუსი)”
  • Georgian: “პეროტე”
  • German: “Perote”
  • Japanese: “ペローテ”
  • Polish: “Perote”
  • Portuguese: “Perote (cidade)”
  • Portuguese: “Perote”
  • Russian: “Пероте”
  • Serbian: “Пероте”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Perote, Veracruz”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Perote”
  • Spanish: “Perote”
  • Swedish: “Perote”
  • Tatar: “Пероте”
  • “Pinahuizāpan”

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Highlights include Palacio Municipal and Plaza de Armas.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Perote”. Photo: José Francisco del Valle Mojica, CC BY 2.0.