Papantla

Located close by ruins and the interchange city of , Papantla is known for its downtown square and its cathedral, where voladores perform. Other specialties are its homegrown vanilla liquor.
Tap on a place
to explore it
  • Type: Town with 53,500 residents
  • Description: City located in the north of the state of Veracruz, Mexico
  • Also known as: Papanila” and “Papantla de Olarte Veracruz

Papantla

Latitude
20.4468° or 20° 26′ 48″ north
Longitude
-97.3228° or 97° 19′ 22″ west
Population
53,500
Elevation
184 metres (604 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MX PPT
Open location code
76G4CMWG+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 472257693
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3521922
Wiki­data ID
Q1962777
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Papantla from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Papantla” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Papantla
  • Cebuano: Papantla de Olarte
  • Chechen: Папантла де Оларте (Папантла)
  • Chechen: Папантла де Оларте
  • Chinese: 帕潘特拉
  • Dutch: Papantla de Olarte
  • Dutch: Papantla
  • Esperanto: Papantla
  • French: Papantla
  • Galician: Papantla
  • Georgian: პაპანტლა
  • German: Papantla de Olarte
  • German: Papantla
  • Italian: Papantla
  • Japanese: パパントゥラ・デ・オラルテ
  • Japanese: パパントゥラ
  • Korean: 파판틀라
  • Lithuanian: Papantla de Olartė
  • Lithuanian: Papantla
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Papantla
  • Norwegian: Papantla
  • Persian: پاپانتلا، وراکروز
  • Polish: Papantla de Olarte
  • Portuguese: Papantla
  • Russian: Папантла-де-Оларте
  • Russian: Папантла
  • Sardinian: Papantla
  • Serbian: Папантла де Оларте
  • Serbo-Croatian: Papantla de Olarte, Veracruz
  • Serbo-Croatian: Papantla de Olarte
  • Spanish: El Tajín
  • Spanish: la ciudad que perfuma el mundo
  • Spanish: la Danza de los Voladores
  • Spanish: Papantla de Olarte
  • Spanish: Papantla
  • Spanish: Vainilla
  • Swedish: Papantla de Olarte
  • Tatar: Папантла де Оларте (Папантла)
  • Tatar: Папантла де Оларте
  • Vietnamese: Papantla

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Papantla”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Valentina and Cerro de La Jarana.

Veracruz: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Veracruz, Xalapa, El Tajin, and Coatzacoalcos.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
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 Wikivoyage page “Papantla”. Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0.