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Veracruz

Veracruz is a coastal state in . 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.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Veracruz and Xalapa.

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is a large city in the state of in . The locals call their city "Puerto" to differentiate the city from the state of .

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is the capital of Veracruz in . 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.

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is in the state of Veracruz in . It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. , Totonac for 'thunder' or 'lightning', is a group of sacred buildings where ceremonies and religious sporting events were held.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Coatzacoalcos and Orizaba.

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is an industrial port city at the southern tip of the state of Veracruz. It has limited appeal to tourists, but serves as a transportation hub between the main body of Mexico, the Yucatan peninsula, and Central America.

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is a city in Veracruz, . 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.

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is inland from . The city boasts of its historical importance, its colonial places and buildings, its cultural centers, parks and its gastronomy.

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is a picturesque small town in eastern Veracruz on the Papaloapan River. The town is overlooked by many visitors to Mexico, despite being one of the most iconic colonial settlements in the country.

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de Hidalgo is a city of 200,000 people in Veracruz. is close to the Costa Esmeralda, the northern beaches of Veracruz, such as Tecolutla, Tuxpan, Cazones and Playa Esmeralda. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of El Tajin is 15 km away.

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Located close by ruins and the interchange city of , is known for its downtown square and its cathedral, where voladores perform. Other specialties are its homegrown vanilla liquor.

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is a Mexico national park surrounding the Cofre de Perote mountain in the state of Veracruz. Cofre de Perote is the 8th highest mountain in Mexico at 4,282 meters.

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is a city of 90,000 people in on the banks of the River, which reaches the Gulf of Mexico 11 km downstream. Being the nearest port to Mexico City, is an important commercial link for Mexican imports and exports and home to a naval base.

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is in the central region of the of . It is recognized for its coffee production and for having a good climate for the cultivation of orchids.

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is a county and city in Veracruz State, . The ecotourism is really big in the region around here. Lakes, rivers, waterfalls, Gulf of Mexico, mangroves, birdwatching, all abound and are ready for you to enjoy.

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is a small town in the coffee growing region of . It is an old town, having been established in 1313 AD. is a , recognizing its cultural and historic value.

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San Andrés Tuxla is a city in the state of Veracruz, in an area known as Los Tuxtlas. There is not much tourism in this calm city, so locals may be unaccustomed to travelers.

de Hidalgo is a small town with fewer than 4,000 residents in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is one of Mexico's designated .

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is a town along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Veracruz. It is historically important as an initial contact point between Spanish conquerors and the Totonoc people, the first allies of the Spanish in Mexico, and the eventual key to their conquest of the Aztec empire.

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is a beach town 190 km north of the city of along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Veracruz state. It has the closest beaches to Mexico City, and much of its economy is based on tourism, as it is only a four- or five-hour drive from the capital.

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is a small, historically Totonac town in the mountains of Central Veracruz. Visitors come for the storied colonial downtown area of town, or perhaps to see Pico de Orizaba, an active volcano and the highest mountain in Mexico.

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is a small mountain town close to the Gulf of Mexico in the eastern part of Veracruz. It is a peaceful town with a picturesque colonial-era downtown, ideal for strolling and soaking in the small town vibe.

Veracruz

Latitude of center
19.3333° or 19° 20′ north
Longitude of center
-96.6667° or 96° 40′ west
Population
8,060,000
Elevation
464 metres (1,522 feet)
Abbreviation
“VER”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305626898
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3514780
Wiki­data ID
Q60130
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Veracruz” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Veracruz”
  • Arabic: “فيراكروز”
  • Arabic: “فيركروس”
  • Arabic: “ولاية فيراكروز”
  • Arabic: “ولايه فيراكروز”
  • Aragonese: “Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Armenian: “Վերակրուս”
  • Aymara: “Veracruz Istadu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Verakrus”
  • Balinese: “Veracruz”
  • 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 de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Danish: “Veracruz-Llave”
  • Danish: “Veracruz”
  • Dutch: “Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Dutch: “Veracruz”
  • Esperanto: “Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Esperanto: “Veracruz”
  • Esperanto: “Verakruco”
  • Estonian: “Veracruzi osariik”
  • Finnish: “Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Finnish: “Veracruz”
  • French: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • French: “État de Veracruz”
  • French: “MX-VER”
  • French: “Veracruz Llave”
  • French: “Veracruz-Llave”
  • French: “Veracruz”
  • French: “Véracruz”
  • Galician: “Estado de Veracruz”
  • Galician: “Estado de Verecruz”
  • Georgian: “ვერაკრუსი”
  • Georgian: “ვერაკრუსის შტატი”
  • German: “MX-VER”
  • German: “Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • German: “Veracruz Llave”
  • German: “Veracruz”
  • 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: “ヴェラクルス州”
  • Japanese: “ベラクルス州”
  • Kannada: “ವೆರಾಕ್ರಜ್”
  • Korean: “베라크루스주”
  • Ladino: “Veracruz”
  • Ladino: “Verakruz”
  • Latin: “Vera Crux”
  • Latin: “Veracrux”
  • Latin: “Veracruz”
  • Latvian: “Verakrusa de Ignasio de la Ljave”
  • Latvian: “Verakrusa”
  • Lithuanian: “Verakrusas”
  • Lithuanian: “Verakruso valstija”
  • Macedonian: “Веракруз”
  • Macedonian: “Веракрус”
  • Malagasy: “Veracruz”
  • Malay: “Veracruz”
  • Maltese: “Veracruz”
  • Marathi: “बेराक्रुथ राज्य”
  • Marathi: “बेराक्रुथ”
  • Marathi: “व्हेराक्रुझ राज्य”
  • Marathi: “व्हेराक्रुझ”
  • Mazanderani: “وراکروس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Veracruz Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Veracruz (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Veracruz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Veracruz-Llave”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Veracruz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Veracruz”
  • Norwegian: “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 de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Veracruz”
  • Portuguese: “Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Portuguese: “Veracruz Llave”
  • Portuguese: “Veracruz”
  • 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”
  • Sinhala: “වේරකෲස් ප්‍රාන්තය, මෙක්සිකෝව”
  • Slovak: “Veracruz”
  • Slovenian: “MX-VER”
  • Slovenian: “Svobodna in suverena država Veracruz Ignacia de la Llave”
  • Slovenian: “Veracruz Llave”
  • Slovenian: “Veracruz”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Veracruz-Llave”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Veracruz”
  • Spanish: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Spanish: “Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave”
  • Spanish: “Veracruz Llave”
  • Spanish: “Veracruz-Llave”
  • Spanish: “Veracruz”
  • 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”
  • Tumbuka: “Veracruz”
  • 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”
  • “Chalchiwehkan”
  • “Chalchiwehkan Tlahtohkayotl”
  • “Chalchiwehkan Tlatilantli”
  • “Mahkawtok Tlahtohkayotl tlen Chalchiwehkan”
  • “Mahkawtok Tlatilantli tlen Chalchiwehkan”
  • “Veracruz”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Veracruz”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.