Papaloapan River

The Papaloapan River is one of the main rivers of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Its name comes from the Nahuatl papaloapan meaning "river of the butterflies".
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  • Stream
  • Description: river in Mexico
  • Also known as
    “Río Papaloápam”
    “Rio Papalopan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include MS Enchanted Capri.
Wolfgang Fricke, CC BY 3.0.
is a wrecked Belorussiya-class… is situated 3 km west of Papaloapan River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alvarado.
EOZyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the state of . is situated 2½ km southwest of Papaloapan River.

Papaloapan River

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Latitude
18.79071° or 18° 47′ 27″ north
Longitude
-95.74737° or 95° 44′ 51″ west
Open location code
76C6Q7R3+73
Geo­Names ID
3521929
Wiki­data ID
Q583044

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Papaloapan River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Papaloapan”
  • Bulgarian: “Папалоапан”
  • Catalan: “Papaloapan”
  • Catalan: “riu Papaloapan”
  • Cebuano: “Papaloapan”
  • Chinese: “帕帕洛阿潘河”
  • Czech: “Papaloapan”
  • Dutch: “Papaloapan”
  • Esperanto: “Papaloapano”
  • Esperanto: “Río Papaloapan”
  • French: “Río Papaloapan”
  • Georgian: “პაპალოაპანი”
  • German: “Río Papaloapan”
  • Greek: “Παπαλοάπαν”
  • Hungarian: “Papaloapan”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Papaloapan”
  • Italian: “Papaloapan”
  • Japanese: “パパロアパン川”
  • Lithuanian: “Papaloapanas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Papaloapanelva”
  • Norwegian: “Papaloapan”
  • Polish: “Río Papaloapan”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Papaloapan”
  • Russian: “Папалоапан”
  • Slovenian: “Papaloapan”
  • Slovenian: “reka Papaloapan”
  • Slovenian: “Río Papaloapan”
  • Spanish: “Papaloapan”
  • Spanish: “Río Papaloapan”
  • Turkish: “Papaloapan Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Папалоапан”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Papaloapan”
  • Vietnamese: “sông Papaloapan”
  • Welsh: “Afon Papaloapan”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Las Trochas and Paso Nacional Norte.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include La Barra and Playa Las Trochas.

Veracruz: Highlights

Learn more about Veracruz and Xalapa.
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