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  Veracruz Travel :: Mexico Travel Guide :: Mexico Destination Guide :: Travel to Mexico
The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states of Mexico.
Veracruz borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north, 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.
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  Veracruz - 1 location and size, 2 climate, 3 plants and animals, 4 environmental protection
Veracruz is located in eastern Mexico in a region known as the Oil Basin and Gulf Lowlands.
It is bordered on the north by the Mexican state of Tamaulipas; on the south by the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco; on the east by the Gulf of Mexico; and on the west by the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, and Puebla.
Veracruz covers an area of 72,815 square kilometers (28,114 square miles), which is about half the size of the US state of Illinois.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /mexico/Michoac-n-Zacatecas/Veracruz.html   (2633 words)

  
  Veracruz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states of Mexico.
Veracruz borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north, 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.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Veracruz   (323 words)

  
 Tour By Mexico ® - Veracruz State --- 26
Veracruz is located between 17º 10' and 22º 38' of north latitude and 93º 55' and 98º 38' of length west in Mexico.
The territorial line of Veracruz has an extension of 648 km.; its maximum length, of northwest to southeast it is of 800 km.
Veracruz it is a state with very assorted climate, that is going from the warm wet until very cold, with perpetuate snows.
www.tourbymexico.com /veracruz/veracruz.htm   (223 words)

  
 veracruz (state)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Veracruz is the name of a city and a state in Mexico.
From June to October, Veracruz is affected by cyclones.
Its formal name is Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llaveor, 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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 Veracruz Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Veracruz is refreshingly distinct and brazenly different from the Mexico known to most North American vacationers.
The state is a lush, unending sea of green.
Veracruz was settled at its present site in 1598, and immediately became the only port in Spain's American empire allowed to trade with the mother country.
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 State of Veracruz, Mexico
It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco.
Veracruz is a rich agricultural a state, producing coffee, corn, beans, sugarcane, tobacco, rice and a variety of fruits.
The principal cities of the state are the port of Veracruz, the State capital, Xalapa (or Jalapa), Poza Rica, Córdoba and Coatzacoalcos.
www.surf-mexico.com /states/veracruz   (269 words)

  
 CB Richard Ellis | Team NAFTA
The population of the state of Veracruz is 7,054,167, which represents 7.4 percent of the total population in the country.
Veracruz is a unionized State, and the unions are well known for their peaceful negotiations with management and are pro-industry.
The State of Veracruz is ideal for establishing strategic alliances with The United States of America, Canada and The European Continent, due to its important port.
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 Veracruz (state)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Veracruz borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north, Oaxaca and Chiapas to thesouth, 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 thenation, 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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 Veracruz (state)
The state of Veracruz is one of the 31 states of Mexico; it is located in the eastern part of the country, between 17°10' and 22°38' North and between 93°55' and 98°38' West.
Veracruz borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north, Oaxaca and Chiapas to the south, Tabasco to the southeast, Puebla, Hidalgo, and San Luis Potosí; to the west, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east.
The city of Veracruz is the largest Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico.
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 Veracruz - Review - The best state in Mexico
Veracruz is largely unknown by travelers, and therefore, Veracruz feels genuine and unspoiled by the over commercialization, which has a few disadvantages, which I will cover latter.
Veracruz tropical and is the greenest state in Mexico.
Veracruz City was named "The City of The Dead" by the Aztecs, due to the dreadful heat, El Norte winds, and a tropical plague that struck the area hundreds of years ago.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /national-parks-international/veracruz/393108   (4320 words)

  
 Veracruz, state, Mexico. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The state is a leading national producer of coffee, sugarcane, corn, and rice, and produces a wide variety of other crops.
From the tropical forests come dyewoods and hardwoods, chicle, and rubber, and in the colder regions maguey, various cacti, and coniferous forests are found.
Veracruz ranks high in the production of foods and beverages, as well as chemical manufacturing and metalworking.
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 Veracruz (state)
The state of Veracruz is one of the 31 states of Mexico.
Veracruz borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north, Oaxaca and Chiapas to the south, Tabasco to the southeast, Puebla, Hidalgo, and San Luis Potosí 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 Mexico (state).
www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/v/ve/veracruz__state_.shtml   (258 words)

  
 History of Mexico - The State of Veracruz
Veracruz shares common borders with the states of Tamaulipas (to the north), Oaxaca and Chiapas (to the south), Tabasco (to the southeast), and Puebla, Hidalgo, and San Luis Potosí (on the west).
Veracruz has a very diverse and rapidly changing topography, witnessing a rise from the tropical coastal plains to temperate valleys and thence to the highlands of the Eastern Sierra Madre Mountains.
In the pre-Hispanic period, the modern-day state of Veracruz was inhabited primarily by four indigenous cultures.
www.houstonculture.org /mexico/veracruz.html   (2575 words)

  
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In Veracruz, opposition parties won a total of 107 of 210 cities and towns that account for 68.5% of the state population, including some of the most commercially important cities and ports.
On the one hand, Veracruz elections confirm a relatively new political pluralism established in local elections in 1995 and 1996, culminating in an opposition-dominated Congress elected on July 6, 1997.
Clearly, the state's strategic importance as an oil producer and exporter make the official party loath to relinquish control in the region, a factor that also explains widespread fraud in Campeche gubernatorial elections last July, where PRD candidate Layda Sansores held high hopes of carrying the state.
www.blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/97ca/Heartbeat_of_Mexico_No.149-10-22-97   (909 words)

  
 State of Veracruz, Mexico
It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco.
Veracruz is a rich agricultural a state, producing coffee, corn, beans, sugarcane, tobacco, rice and a variety of fruits.
The principal cities of the state are the port of Veracruz, the State capital, Xalapa (or Jalapa), Poza Rica, Córdoba and Coatzacoalcos.
surf-mexico.com /states/veracruz   (224 words)

  
 GardeningDaily - Veracruz
The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states of Mexico.
Veracruz borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north, 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.
www.gardeningdaily.com /flowers-and-plants/Veracruz   (321 words)

  
 Tour By Mexico ® - Port Veracruz City in Veracruz State, Mexico
Other attractions in the Puerto de Veracruz City are the Mandinga Lagoon and the Island of the Sacrifices.
The most important festivity of the port of Veracruz City is its famous Carnival, which is celebrated with parades, dances and other amusing activities.
Thirty-five miles to the north of the port of Veracruz City is situated the Chachalacas sandbar which has beautiful beaches with soft sand and gentle waves, where you can practice aquatic sports.
www.tourbymexico.com /veracruz/veracruz/veracruz.htm   (155 words)

  
 Veracruz History and Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Veracruz is refreshingly distinct and brazenly different from the Mexico know to most North America vacationers.
The state is a slim ribbon over 600 km long and never more than 160 km wide its not-so-pretty beaches are flanked by fertile coastal plains that gently rise westward from the Golf of Mexico to become the rugged Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range.
Veracruz was settled its present site in 1598,and immediately became the only port in Spain’s American empire allowed to trade with the mother country.
www.activefx.net /mexicoexplorer/Veracruz.htm   (764 words)

  
 Veracruz (state) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Veracruz (state)
State of eastern Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico; area 72,815 sq km/28,114 sq mi; population (2000 est) 6,901,100.
The western area of Veracruz is a highland which is part of Mexico's Central Plateau, rising to 5,700 m/18,700 ft at Citlaltépetl, the highest mountain in the country.
The state contains over a quarter of the country's oil resources and there are oilfields on the coastal strip.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Veracruz%20%28state%29   (166 words)

  
 americas.org - Mexico's PRI Loses Control of Veracruz State Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Voters in Mexico's oil-rich gulf state of Veracruz handed an embarrassing reverse to the nation's once-ruling Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) yesterday, as it lost control of the state legislature for the first time ever, while the election for the state's governorship remained too close to call.
The results soured a string of good results in state elections for the PRI this year, and are at the least a severe embarrassment for Roberto Madrazo, the party's national president who has been using the elections to benefit his own presidential bid in 2006.
Rafael Fernandez de Castro, a political scientist at Mexico's ITAM university, said that Veracruz was a good reflection of national politics, as it was one of the few states where all the three main parties were strong.
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On Monday, Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos said it evacuated 270 workers from five platforms in the Gulf of Mexico as Stan swirled toward Veracruz state.
Veracruz state prepared dozens of shelters and warned citizens of the approaching storm.
Veracruz closed its busy port, and the region's many fishermen began pulling their boats from the water.
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 Investing in Veracruz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
There are zones in the north and center of the state where it exists plenty water of supply, it means that those regions are good enough to be exploited even by surface or underground water supply.
In 1995, Veracruz was the State who had the highest national production in this topic with a generation of 19,928.82 GWH, that amount represents the 14% of the total national electric power.
Veracruz has an annual average cargo of 7 million tons; in 1995 the railroad handled 7.0 million Tons and during 1996 were registered 9.2 million Tons, that represents an increase of 31% respect to the reference year.
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 Map of Mexico, Veracruz
The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that compose Mexico (does not include the Mexican Federal District).
It is often referred to as Puerto de Veracruz to distinguish it from the state.
In downtown Veracruz, a large marble-tiled zócalo, called the Plaza de Armas or Plaza Lerdo, is the heart of the city's lively nightlife.
www.travelamap.com /mexico/veracruz_I.htm   (771 words)

  
 Veracruz Guide Attractions Events Restaurants Nightlife Weather
Veracruz is a coastal city which has a strong and distinctive colonial feel to it.
Veracruz's main Plaza, the Plaza de Armas (Plaza of Arms) is situated in the middle of the city, and is a handsome place, featuring palm trees, a colonial fountain and beautiful arches.
The State of Veracruz is famous for fine coffee grown in the region and Mexico's best cigars, produced locally, from the leaves of the tobacco grown in the state.
www.mexperience.com /guide/colonial/veracruz.htm   (2088 words)

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