Sochiapa 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 ...

located in the central zone of the

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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 ...

, about 40 km from the state capital

Xalapa Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and t ...

. It has a surface of 21.39 km2. It is located at .For decree of December 10, 1913 suprimió Sochiapa's municipality, passing its territory to form a part of that of Totutla; Later Sochiapa recovered its political category.

Geography

The municipality of Sochiapa is delimited to the north and northeast by

Totutla Totutla is a municipality located in the south zone in the State of Veracruz, about 40 km from state capital Xalapa. It has an area of 80.61 km2. It is located at . The name comes from the language Náhuatl, Toto-tlan; that means “Among the ...

, to the southeast by Comapa, to the south by

Huatusco Huatusco de Chicuellar (commonly known as Huatusco), is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, on the Xalapa–Mexico City railroad that was founded by Italian immigrants. It is bordered by Calcahualco, the state of Puebla, Ixhuatlán del Caf ...

and to the west by

Tlaltetela Tlaltetela is a municipality located in the montane central zone in the State of Veracruz, about 25 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 266.50 km2. It is located at . The name comes from the Náhuatl language tlal- (land) and tet ...

. It is watered by small creeks which are tributaries of the Jamapa River. The weather in Sochiapa is cold and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

Agriculture

It produces principally

maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn ( North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. ...

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and sugarcane.

Celebrations

In Sochiapa , in May takes place the celebration in honor to San Juan Nepomuseno, Patron of the town, and in December takes place the celebration in honor to Virgen de Guadalupe.

References

External links

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Municipal Official webpage
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Municipal Official Information
{{Veracruz Municipalities of Veracruz