Xalapa

Xalapa is the capital of in . Xalapa 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.
  • City with about 443,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,460 metres (4,790 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code JAL
  • …was formerly known as “Xālāpan”
  • Description: capital of the Mexican state of Veracruz
  • Also known as
    “Jalapa”
    “Jalapa Enríquez”
    “Xalapa-Enríquez”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Xalapa Museum of Anthropology and Macuiltépec.
Nature reserve
is a nature reserve.
The Stadium at Xalapa, , is located a few…
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Latitude
19.5408° or 19° 32′ 27″ north
Longitude
-96.9146° or 96° 54′ 53″ west
UN/LOCODE
MX JAL
Open location code
76F5G3RP+84
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Mari—“Xalapa” goes by many names.
ሳላፓ ደ እንሪቀዝAmharic
خالاباArabic
خالابا دي انريكيزArabic
Xalapa-EnríquezAragonese
ԽալապաArmenian
Խալապա-ԷնրիկեսArmenian
Xalapa de EnriquezAzerbaijani
XalapaBasque
ХалапаBelarusian
Халапа-ЭнрыкесBelarusian
ХаляпаBelarusian
Халяпа ЭнрыкесBelarusian
জালাপা দে এনরিকেজBengali
হালাপাBengali
ХалапаBulgarian
XalapaCatalan
Xalapa de EnríquezCatalan
Xalapa-EnríquezCatalan
Xalapa de EnríquezCebuano
خالاپاCentral Kurdish
哈拉帕Chinese
JalapaCzech
XalapaCzech
Xalapa-EnríquezCzech
XalapaDanish
Jalapa EnriquezDutch
XalapaDutch
Xalapa de EnríquezDutch
Xalapa de Enríquez, XalapaDutch
Xalapa-EnríquezDutch
جالاباEgyptian Arabic
XalapaEsperanto
Xalapa de EnríquezEsperanto
ΧαλάπαGreek
ઝાલાપાGujarati
Xalapa de EnriquezHausa
חלפהHebrew
חלפה-אנריקסHebrew
ख़ालापाHindi
जलापा डे एनरिकेज़Hindi
Xalapa-EnríquezHungarian
JalapaIloko
XalapaIloko
Xalapa-EnríquezIloko
XalapaIndonesian
Xalapa de EnriquezIndonesian
XalapaIrish
JalapaItalian
XalapaItalian
ハラパJapanese
ハラパ・デ・エンリケスJapanese
Xalapa de EnriquezJavanese
ಕ್ಸಲಾಪಾKannada
XalapaKara-Kalpak
Халапа-де-ЭнрикесKazakh
Халапа-де-ЭнрикесKirghiz
할라파Korean
Xalapa de EnriquezLadino
IalapaLatin
HalapaLatvian
ChalapaLithuanian
XalapaLithuanian
Xalapa-EnriquezLithuanian
XalapaMalagasy
XalapaMalay
Xalapa de EnriquezMalay
XalapaMaltese
एक्सलापाMarathi
Xalapa-EnríquezMin Nan Chinese
Халапа-ЭнрикэсMoksha
JalapaNorthern Frisian
XalapaNorthern Frisian
Xalapa de EnríquezNorthern Frisian
Xalapa-EnríquezNorthern Frisian
JalapaNorwegian
XalapaNorwegian
JalapaNorwegian Bokmål
XalapaNorwegian Bokmål
Xalapa de EnríquezNorwegian Bokmål
Xalapa EnríquezNorwegian Bokmål
Xalapa de EnriquezOromo
Халапæ-ЭнрикесOssetian
ਜਾਲਾਪਾ ਦੇ ਐਨਰਿਕੇਜPanjabi
خالاپا د انریکزPersian
زالاپاPersian
JalapaPolish
Jalapa EnriquesPolish
XalapaPolish
Xalapa-EnríquezPolish
خالاپا دي انریکیزPushto
Xalapa-EnríquezQuechua
XalapaRomanian
Халапа (город)Russian
Халапа-де-ЭнрикесRussian
Халапа-ЭнрикесRussian
Ялапа, город в МексикеRussian
XalapaScots
HalapaSerbian
XalapaSerbian
ХалапаSerbian
XalapaSerbo-Croatian
Xalapa de Enríquez, XalapaSerbo-Croatian
Xalapa-EnríquezSilesian
එක්සල්පාSinhala
XalapaSwahili
Xalapa de EnriquezSwahili
JalapaSwedish
Jalapa EnríquezSwedish
XalapaSwedish
Xalapa (delstatshuvudstad)Swedish
Xalapa de EnríquezSwedish
Xalapa-EnríquezSwedish
XalapaTagalog
Халапа-де-ЭнрикесTajik
அலாப்பாTamil
சேலாபாTamil
ХалапаTatar
Халапа-де-ЭнрикесTatar
జలపTelugu
ซาลาปาThai
ฮาลาปาThai
XalapaTumbuka
XalapaTurkish
Xalapa de EnriquezTurkish
ХалапаUkrainian
Халапа-ЕнрикесUkrainian
Халапа-ЕнрікесUkrainian
خالاپاUrdu
خالاپا ڈے انریکیزUrdu
XalapaUzbek
Xalapa de EnriquezUzbek
XalapaVenetian
XalapaVietnamese
XalapaVolapük
XalapaWaray (Philippines)
Халапа-ЭнрикесWestern Mari
ma tomo Kalapa
Xalapan
Xalapan Altepetl
Xalapan Enríquez

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