Perote is a city and municipality in the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate ent ...
of
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
. It serves as the seat of government for the
surrounding municipality of the same name, which borders on
Las Vigas de Ramírez
Las Vigas de Ramírez is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
The city was established by decree on 23 November 1523, named after the teacher (1884–1959). ...
,
Acajete,
Xico and
Tlalnelhuayocan, and the state of
Puebla
Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...
. It is on
Federal Highway 140.
Its climate is cold and dry with an annual average temperature of 12 degrees Celsius.
Perote's fortress of
San Carlos once served as a prison.
Guadalupe Victoria
Guadalupe Victoria (; 29 September 178621 March 1843), born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican general and political leader who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence. He ...
died there.
Also in Perote is the
Cofre de Perote shield-shaped
volcano
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On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates ...
(the
Nahuatl
Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have small ...
name of which was "''Naucampatepetl''," which means "four times lord").
This town is the home of a sizable Spanish community which immigrated here in the 1930s. Because of this, it is known for Spanish-style cured meats and sausage such as
jamón serrano
''Jamón'' (, pl. ''jamones'') is a kind of dry-cured ham produced in Spain. It is one of the most globally recognized food items of Spanish cuisine. It is also regularly a component of tapas.
Most ''jamón'' is commonly called '' jamón serr ...
(serrano ham),
botifarra (Catalán sausage), and Spanish
chorizo
Chorizo (, from Spanish ; similar to but distinct from Portuguese ) is a type of pork cured meat originating from the Iberian Peninsula.
In Europe, chorizo is a fermented, cured, smoked meat, which may be sliced and eaten without cooking, o ...
sausage.
References
External links
Pictures of Perote- one has in the background the Cofre de Perote, another is a picture of a local bus.
Populated places in Veracruz
Oriental Basin
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