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".Photo: Azcarlos2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Mexico
- Also known as: “La población entre todos los que rodean a el río papaluapan”, “Río Papaloápam”, and “Rio Papalopan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include MS Enchanted Capri.
MS Enchanted Capri
Disaster remains
Photo: Wolfgang Fricke, CC BY 3.0.
MS Enchanted Capri is a wrecked Belorussiya-class cruise ship owned by Demar Instaladora y Constructora, Mexico and operated as an accommodation vessel for oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. MS Enchanted Capri is situated 3 km west of Papaloapan River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alvarado.
Alvarado
Town
Photo: EOZyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alvarado is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located 64 km from the city of Veracruz, Veracruz, on Federal Highways 180 and 125. Alvarado is situated 2½ km southwest of Papaloapan River.
Papaloapan River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Veracruz, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Papaloapan River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- 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: “Rio Papaloapan”
- Spanish: “Río Papaloapan”
- Turkish: “Papaloapan Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Папалоапан”
- Venetian: “Fiume 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.
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