Papaloapan Region (Veracruz)

Region in Veracruz, Mexico

Papaloapan Region

Región del Papaloapan

Region

Papaloapan Region in the state of Veracruz

Country|  Mexico
State| Veracruz
Largest city| Tierra Blanca
Named after| Papaloapan River
Municipalities|

* Acula
* Alvarado
* Amatitlán
* Ángel R. Cabada
* Carlos A. Carrillo
* Chacaltianguis
* Cosamaloapan de Carpio
* Ignacio de la Llave
* Isla
* Ixmatlahuacan
* José Azueta
* Juan Rodríguez Clara
* Lerdo de Tejada
* Otatitlán
* Playa Vicente
* Saltabarranca
* Santiago Sochiapan
* Tierra Blanca
* Tlacojalpan
* Tlacotalpan
* Tres Valles
* Tuxtilla

Area

[1][2][a]

• Total

| 10,477.02 km2 (4,045.20 sq mi)
• Rank| 3rd
Lowest elevation

(Gulf of Mexico)

| 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)

Papaloapan Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico.[3][4]

## Geography

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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]

## Municipalities

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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

| Acula |

5,253

| 195.02  | 75.30 |

27/km2 (70/sq mi)

011

| Alvarado |

57,035

| 826.93  | 319.28 |

69/km2 (179/sq mi)

012

| Amatitlán |

7,866

| 135.07  | 52.15 |

58/km2 (151/sq mi)

015

| Ángel R. Cabada |

33,839

| 430.55  | 166.24 |

79/km2 (204/sq mi)

045

| Cosamaloapan de Carpio |

54,737

| 519.13  | 200.44 |

105/km2 (273/sq mi)

054

| Chacaltianguis |

11,461

| 290.46  | 112.15 |

39/km2 (102/sq mi)

075

| Ignacio de la Llave |

16,525

| 396.92  | 153.25 |

42/km2 (108/sq mi)

077

| Isla |

42,807

| 926.87  | 357.87 |

46/km2 (120/sq mi)

084

| Ixmatlahuacan |

5,574

| 347.25  | 134.07 |

16/km2 (42/sq mi)

094

| Juan Rodríguez Clara |

38,367

| 992.11  | 383.06 |

39/km2 (100/sq mi)

119

| Otatitlán |

5,651

| 49.84  | 19.24 |

113/km2 (294/sq mi)

130

| Playa Vicente |

39,327

| 1,192.74  | 460.52 |

33/km2 (85/sq mi)

139

| Saltabarranca |

6,126

| 108.49  | 41.89 |

56/km2 (146/sq mi)

169

| José Azueta |

22,709

| 535.49  | 206.75 |

42/km2 (110/sq mi)

174

| Tierra Blanca |

95,602

| 1,517.86  | 586.05 |

63/km2 (163/sq mi)

176

| Tlacojalpan |

4,489

| 102.72  | 39.66 |

44/km2 (113/sq mi)

178

| Tlacotalpan |

12,898

| 578.54  | 223.38 |

22/km2 (58/sq mi)

190

| Tuxtilla |

2,258

| 56.12  | 21.67 |

40/km2 (104/sq mi)

207

| Tres Valles |

44,978

| 547.66  | 211.45 |

82/km2 (213/sq mi)

208

| Carlos A. Carrillo |

23,376

| 244.16  | 94.27 |

96/km2 (248/sq mi)

212

| Santiago Sochiapan |

13,062

| 399.12  | 154.10 |

33/km2 (85/sq mi)

| Papaloapan Region | 563,063 | -- | 10,477.02 | 4,045.20 | -- | 54/km2 (139/sq mi) | --
Source: INEGI[2][a]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c Although public, some statistical information about Veracruz provided on the INEGI's website may not be conspicuously displayed and additional steps (query the database, download files) may be required to access it.

## References

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1. ^ Estudios Regionales Para la Planeación [Regional Studies for Plannings] (PDF) (in Spanish), Xalapa: SEFIPLAN, 2007, p. 223, retrieved 2022-08-04
2. ^ a b c "México en cifras" (in Spanish). INEGI. 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
3. ^ a b "Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave: Grado de marginación por municipio, 2005" (PDF). Conapo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
4. ^ López-Balderas, Nayali (7 September 2014). "Seroprevalence of hepatitis viruses and risk factors in blood donors of Veracruz, Mexico". The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 9 (3): 274–282\. doi:10.3855/jidc.4812. S2CID 2141145.

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Xalapa (capital)

Municipalities of Veracruz

Huasteca Alta Region|

* Chalma
* Chiconamel
* Chinampa de Gorostiza
* El Higo
* Naranjos Amatlán
* Ozuluama de Mascareñas
* Pánuco
* Platón Sánchez
* Pueblo Viejo
* Tamalín
* Tamiahua
* Tampico Alto
* Tantima
* Tantoyuca
* Tempoal de Sánchez

Huasteca Baja Region|

* Álamo Temapache
* Benito Juárez
* Castillo de Teayo
* Cerro Azul
* Chicontepec de Tejeda
* Chontla
* Citlaltépetl
* Huayacocotla
* Ilamatlán
* Ixcatepec
* Ixhuatlán de Madero
* Tancoco
* Tepetzintla
* Texcatepec
* Tlachichilco
* Tuxpan
* Zacualpan
* Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes

Totonaca Region|

* Cazones de Herrera
* Chumatlán
* Coahuitlán
* Coatzintla
* Coxquihui
* Coyutla
* Espinal
* Filomeno Mata
* Gutiérrez Zamora
* Mecatlán
* Papantla
* Poza Rica
* Tecolutla
* Tihuatlán
* Zozocolco de Hidalgo

Nautla Region|

* Atzalán
* Colipa
* Juchique de Ferrer
* Martínez de la Torre
* Misantla
* Nautla
* San Rafael
* Tenochtitlán
* Tlapacoyan
* Vega de Alatorre
* Yecuatla

Capital Region|

* Acajete
* Acatlán
* Actopan
* Alto Lucero
* Altotonga
* Apazapan
* Ayahualulco
* Banderilla
* Chiconquiaco
* Coacoatzintla
* Coatepec
* Cosautlán de Carvajal
* Emiliano Zapata (Dos Ríos)
* Ixhuacán
* Jalacingo
* Jalcomulco
* Jilotepec
* Landero y Coss
* Las Minas
* Las Vigas de Ramírez
* Miahuatlán
* Naolinco
* Perote
* Rafael Lucio
* Tatatila
* Teocelo
* Tepetlán
* Tlacolulan
* Tlalnelhuayocan
* Tonayán
* Villa Aldama
* Xalapa
* Xico

Sotavento Region|

* Boca del Río
* Cotaxtla
* Jamapa
* La Antigua (José Cardel)
* Manlio Fabio Altamirano
* Medellín
* Paso de Ovejas
* Puente Nacional
* Soledad de Doblado
* Tlalixcoyan
* Úrsulo Galván
* Veracruz

Mountains Region|

* Acultzingo
* Alpatláhuac
* Amatlán de los Reyes
* Aquila
* Astacinga
* Atlahuilco
* Atoyac
* Atzacan
* Calcahualco
* Camarón de Tejeda
* Camerino Z. Mendoza
* Carrillo Puerto (Tamarindo)
* Chocamán
* Coetzala
* Comapa
* Córdoba
* Coscomatepec
* Cuichapa
* Cuitláhuac
* Fortín de las Flores
* Huatusco
* Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc
* Ixhuatlán del Café
* Ixhuatlancillo
* Ixtaczoquitlán
* La Perla
* Los Reyes
* Magdalena
* Maltrata
* Mariano Escobedo
* Mixtla de Altamirano
* Naranjal
* Nogales
* Omealca
* Orizaba
* Paso del Macho
* Rafael Delgado
* Río Blanco
* San Andrés Tenejapan
* Sochiapa
* Soledad Atzompa
* Tehuipango
* Tenampa
* Tepatlaxco
* Tequila
* Texhuacán
* Tezonapa
* Tlacotepec de Mejía
* Tlaltetela
* Tlaquilpa
* Tlilapan
* Tomatlán
* Totutla
* Xoxocotla
* Yanga
* Zentla
* Zongolica

Papaloapan Region|

* Acula
* Ángel R. Cabada
* Alvarado
* Amatitlán
* Carlos A. Carrillo
* Chacaltianguis
* Cosamaloapan de Carpio
* Ignacio de la Llave
* Isla
* Ixmatlahuacan
* José Azueta
* Juan Rodríguez Clara
* Lerdo de Tejada
* Otatitlán
* Playa Vicente
* Saltabarranca
* Santiago Sochiapan (Xochiapa)
* Tierra Blanca
* Tlacojalpan
* Tlacotalpan
* Tres Valles
* Tuxtilla

Los Tuxtlas Region|

* Catemaco
* San Andrés Tuxtla
* Santiago Tuxtla
* Hueyapan de Ocampo

Olmeca Region|

* Acayucan
* Agua Dulce
* Chinameca
* Coatzacoalcos
* Cosoleacaque
* Hidalgotitlán
* Ixhuatlán del Sureste
* Jáltipan
* Jesús Carranza
* Las Choapas
* Mecayapan
* Minatitlán
* Moloacán
* Nanchital
* Oluta
* Oteapan
* Pajapan
* San Juan Evangelista
* Sayula de Alemán
* Soconusco
* Soteapan
* Tatahuicapan
* Texistepec
* Uxpanapa
* Zaragoza

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