Acayucan is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Mexican state of
Veracruz
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. It is located in the state's southeast, in the
Olmeca region. The municipal seat is the city of
Acayucan, Veracruz. It covers a total of 724.65 km
2 (279.79 sq mi).
At the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a population of 79,459, of whom 49,945 lived in the municipal seat.
Of the municipality's population, 3,655 (5.22%) spoke an
indigenous language
An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by its indigenous peoples. Indigenous languages are not necessarily national languages but they can be; for example, Aymara is both an indigen ...
, primarily
Popoluca, followed in numbers by
Zapotec.
In addition to the seat, the municipality's largest other communities are
Corral Nuevo and
Dehesa.
History
Conquistadores
Gonzalo de Sandoval and
Hernan Cortés passed through Acayucan on the route from
Tuxtepec to
Tenochititlan. In 1580 it was part of the ′′Villa de Espíritu Santo′′ (
Coatzacoalcos); when this was wiped out by pirates, Ayayucan became the seat of the ''
Alcaldía mayor.''
The local indigenous population rose up in rebellion in 1787.
After the
Mexican War of Independence
The Mexican War of Independence (, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire. It was not a single, coherent event, but local and regional ...
in 1821, the Acayucan municipality was established in 1824. San Martin Acayucan became a ''villa'' in 1824 and a town on June 13, 1848. The community was destroyed by a hurricane in 1888.
in his fight against the Porfirian dictatorship in 1906. San Martin Acayucan became a city on September 26, 1910.
Electrification came to the city in 1946. The Catholic church was destroyed in the
July 1957 earthquake.
In 2005–07, the
municipal president (mayor) of Acayucan was Fabiola Vázquez Saút of the
PAN, a daughter of the slain
cacique (local
baron
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)
Cirilo Vázquez.
In May
2020
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, Francisco Navarette Serna, presumed drug chieftain responsible for the February
2016 murders of five young people from Acayucan between 16 and 27 years old, was killed at a party at the height of the
COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
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The virus was confirmed to hav ...
.
Geography
Climate
References
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)
VeracruzEnciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
Municipio de AcayucanMunicipal government website
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Municipal Official Information
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Municipalities of Veracruz