Papaloapan Region
Región del Papaloapan | |
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Region | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Veracruz |
Named for | Papaloapan River |
Municipalities | 22
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Area | |
• Total | 10,477.02 km2 (4,045.20 sq mi) |
• Rank | 3rd |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 563,063 |
• Rank | 7th[2][a] |
• Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Largest municipality by area |
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Largest municipality by population |
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Most densely populated municipality |
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Papaloapan Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico.[3][4]
Papaloapan Region occupies a portion of the southern Gulf Coastal Plain, in the lower basins of the Papaloapan and Blanco rivers.
It is bounded on the north by the Gulf of Mexico, on the northwest by Sotavento Region, on the west by Mountains Region, on the south by the state of Oaxaca, on the east by Olmeca and Los Tuxtlas regions.[3]
The Papaloapan region is conformed by the following 22 municipalities.
Municipality code |
Name | Population | Land Area | Population density | ||||
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2020 | Rank | km2 | sq mi | Rank | 2020 | Rank | ||
005
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Acula | 5,253 |
20 |
195.02 | 75.30 | 16 |
27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
20
|
011
|
Alvarado | 57,035 |
2 |
826.93 | 319.28 | 5 |
69/km2 (179/sq mi) |
7
|
012
|
Amatitlán | 7,866 |
16 |
135.07 | 52.15 | 17 |
58/km2 (151/sq mi) |
9
|
015
|
Ángel R. Cabada | 33,839 |
8 |
430.55 | 166.24 | 10 |
79/km2 (204/sq mi) |
6
|
045
|
Cosamaloapan de Carpio | 54,737 |
3 |
519.13 | 200.44 | 9 |
105/km2 (273/sq mi) |
3
|
054
|
Chacaltianguis | 11,461 |
15 |
290.46 | 112.15 | 14 |
39/km2 (102/sq mi) |
16
|
075
|
Ignacio de la Llave | 16,525 |
12 |
396.92 | 153.25 | 12 |
42/km2 (108/sq mi) |
14
|
077
|
Isla | 42,807 |
5 |
926.87 | 357.87 | 4 |
46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
11
|
084
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Ixmatlahuacan | 5,574 |
19 |
347.25 | 134.07 | 13 |
16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
22
|
094
|
Juan Rodríguez Clara | 38,367 |
7 |
992.11 | 383.06 | 3 |
39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
17
|
097
|
Lerdo de Tejada | 19,123 |
11 |
83.98 | 32.42 | 20 |
228/km2 (590/sq mi) |
1
|
119
|
Otatitlán | 5,651 |
18 |
49.84 | 19.24 | 22 |
113/km2 (294/sq mi) |
2
|
130
|
Playa Vicente | 39,327 |
6 |
1,192.74 | 460.52 | 2 |
33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
18
|
139
|
Saltabarranca | 6,126 |
17 |
108.49 | 41.89 | 18 |
56/km2 (146/sq mi) |
10
|
169
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José Azueta | 22,709 |
10 |
535.49 | 206.75 | 8 |
42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
13
|
174
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Tierra Blanca | 95,602 |
1 |
1,517.86 | 586.05 | 1 |
63/km2 (163/sq mi) |
8
|
176
|
Tlacojalpan | 4,489 |
21 |
102.72 | 39.66 | 19 |
44/km2 (113/sq mi) |
12
|
178
|
Tlacotalpan | 12,898 |
14 |
578.54 | 223.38 | 6 |
22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
21
|
190
|
Tuxtilla | 2,258 |
22 |
56.12 | 21.67 | 21 |
40/km2 (104/sq mi) |
15
|
207
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Tres Valles | 44,978 |
4 |
547.66 | 211.45 | 7 |
82/km2 (213/sq mi) |
5
|
208
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Carlos A. Carrillo | 23,376 |
9 |
244.16 | 94.27 | 15 |
96/km2 (248/sq mi) |
4
|
212
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Santiago Sochiapan | 13,062 |
13 |
399.12 | 154.10 | 11 |
33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
19
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Papaloapan Region | 563,063 | — | 10,477.02 | 4,045.20 | — | 54/km2 (139/sq mi) | — | |
Source: INEGI[2][a] |