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| | Veracruz, Mexico, Pictures |
 | | Veracruz, officially Veracruz Llave, city, eastern Mexico, on the Bay of Campeche (an arm of the Gulf of Mexico). |
 | | The site of Veracruz was first settled in 1519 by the Spanish, who subsequently abandoned the area; the city was permanently established by them about 1600. |
 | | The French occupied Veracruz in the 1860s, and the United States landed troops here for a short time in 1914. |
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