Apazapan 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
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...
. It is located about 65 km from state capital
Xalapa
Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexico, Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In 2020 census the city reported a population of 443,063 ...
. It has a surface of 65.80 km2. It is located at . Apazapan was a population totonac in the days of the Spanish conquest that preserved the indigenous language up to the 19th century and there was one of the points marked in the Codex Dehesa, when the Nonoalcos de Zongolíca, crossed Cocolapa, Coscomatepec, Tepeyehualco, Chiconquiaco and for Apazapan they returned to Zongolíca. During the 16th century, it belonged to the marquisate of Paxaca's Valley started to Hernán Cortés.
Geography
The municipality of Apazapan is delimited to the north and to the east by
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the insp ...
, to the south-east by
Puente Nacional, to the south-west by
Tlaltetela Tlaltetela is a municipality located in the montane central zone in the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 25 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 266.50 km2. It is located at . The name comes from the Náhuatl language tlal- ( ...
and to the west by
Jalcomulco
Jalcomulco is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz, founded in 1825.
Geography
The municipality is located in the central zone of the state, about from Xalapa, the state capital and , from Mexico City. It has a land area of 72.4&nb ...
.
It is watered by the river of Los Pescados or of La Antigua.
The weather in Apazapan is warm and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.
Demographics
As 2020, the municipality had a population of 4,709 inhabitants in 11 localities.
[Apazapan CENSUS]
/ref> About 17% resides in the municipal seat, other localities include Chahuapan (931 hab.), Cerro Colorado (911 hab.), Tigrillos (719 hab.) and Agua Caliente (599 hab.).[
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Agriculture
1,245 ha of the municipality are used for agricultural activity. Main products include maize, lemons and mangoes.[
]
Celebrations
In Apazapan , in July takes place the celebration in honor to Santo Tomás Apostol, Patron of the town, and in December takes place the celebration in honor to Virgen de Guadalupe.
References
External links
*
Municipal Official webpage
*
Municipal Official Information
{{Veracruz
Municipalities of Veracruz