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| | Veracruz (state) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Veracruz borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north, \n Oaxaca and Chiapas to the south, Tabasco to the southeast, Puebla, Hidalgo, and San Luis Potosi to the west, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. |
 | | With 6.9 million inhabitants, the state of Veracruz is the third most populous in the nation, after the Federal District and the state of México. |
 | | Its formal name is Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave or, more simply, Veracruz-Llave – as the name was changed from simply Veracruz in honor of General Ignacio de la Llave, who died in 1863 during the French invasion of Mexico. |
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