The Veracruz metropolitan area (''Zona metropolitana de Veracruz'', ''ZMV'') is a
metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network ...
in
Veracruz (state),
Mexico
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formed by the
city of Veracruz and its Veracruz municipality and five other municipalities.
According to the 2020 Census by the
INEGI
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and published in 2021, the Veracruz metropolitan area had 939,046 inhabitants, the
twentieth largest in Mexico, and in the most populated of the state 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 ...
.
INEGI - Delimitación de las Zonas Metropolitanas de México 2010.
It fits to stand out that it presents a populational growth sustained #turn an axis of the region, since it considers him like the most important of the State of Veracruz and also of the Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico () is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southw ...
.
Component ''municipios'' and ''localidades''
The metropolitan area consists of 6 municipalities
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' ...
, roughly equivalent to U.S. counties in that they each contain multiple (''localidades'', places) such as cities, towns, and villages.
''Localidades''
The 15 largest ''localidades'' are:
Gallery
File:Playa Villa del Mar-Puerto de Veracruz-Mexico.jpeg, Playa Villa del Mar, Veracruz
File:Malecon Antiguo.jpg, Boulevard Manuel Ávila Camacho, Veracruz
File:Baluarte Santiago2.jpg, Baluarte de Santiago, Veracruz
File:Teatro de la Reforma2.jpg, Teatro de la Reforma, Veracruz
File:View of Veracruzfromboardwalk.JPG, Malecón, Veracruz
File:GrandCafeParroquiaVeracruz.JPG, Gran Café de La Parroquia, Veracruz
File:Faro Venustiano Carranza.jpg, Faro de Venustiano Carranza, Veracruz
File:Registro Civil.jpg, Registro Civil, Veracruz
File:Monumento 21 de Abril 1914-Veracruz-Mexico.jpeg, Monument to the defense against the U.S. invasion of Veracruz of 1914( es)
File:Palacio Federal Veracruz.jpg, Palacio Federal, Veracruz
File:Archivo y Biblioteca Historicos.jpg, Archives and library, Veracruz
File:Portales de Lerdo.jpg, Los portales de Lerdo, Veracruz
File:Las Atarazanas.jpg, Las Atarazanas, Veracruz
File:CastilloSanJuandeUlua.jpg, Fortaleza de San Juan de Ulúa
San Juan de Ulúa, now known as Castle of San Juan de Ulúa, is a large complex of fortresses, prisons and one former palace on an island of the same name in the Gulf of Mexico overlooking the seaport of Veracruz, Mexico. Juan de Grijalva' ...
, Veracruz
File:Torre de Pemex.jpg, Torre de PEMEX
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tower, Veracruz
File:FacadeAquariumVeracruz2.JPG, Aquarium, Veracruz
File:Catedral de Veracruz.jpg, Cathedral, Veracruz
File:20151224 194509000 iOS.jpg, Veracruz airport
File:Isla de Sacrificios.jpg, Isla de Sacrificios
File:Boca del Rio 2.jpg, Tourist area of Veracruz
File:BocadelRioVeracruz.JPG, Puente de la Amistad bridge
File:BocadelRioVeracruzSouth.JPG, Sunset and sea view in Veracruz
File:Bocal del Rio 1.jpg, Boulevard Miguel Alemán, Veracruz
File:BocaRioAq.JPG, Boulevard Manuel Ávila Camacho, Veracruz
File:Palacio Municipal de Boca del Río, VER..jpg, Boca del Río city hall
File:Mexico.Veracruz.BocaDelRio.Coccinelle.JPG, Zócalo, Boca del Río
File:El Malecon de Boca del Rio, Ver. - panoramio.jpg, Malecón, Boca del Río
File:Boca del rio.jpg, Río Jamapa, Boca del Río
File:Palacio Municipal Alvarado.JPG, Alvarado city hall
File:Puentedealvarado.jpg, Alvarado bridge
File:Alvarado.JPG, ''Monumento a los Héroes de Sotavento'' and ''Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario'' in Alvarado.
File:HEROICA ESCUELA NAVAL MILITAR - panoramio.jpg, Heroica Escuela Naval Militar in Antón Lizardo
File:Playa de anton lizardo - panoramio.jpg, Beach, Antón Lizardo
File:IGLESIA DE ANTON LIZARDO - panoramio.jpg, Church, Antón Lizardo
File:RUINAS DE ANTON LIZARDO - panoramio (1).jpg, Ruins of Antón Lizardo
See also
*Metropolitan areas of Mexico Metropolitan areas of Mexico have been traditionally defined as the group of municipalities that heavily interact with each other, usually around a core city, in Mexico. The phenomenon of conurbation, metropolization in Mexico is relatively recent, ...
References
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Metropolitan areas of Mexico
Veracruz
Veracruz (city)