Mountains Region
Mountains Region | |
|---|---|
Region | |
 In Veracruz | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Veracruz |
| Largest city | Córdoba |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,032 km2 (2,329 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,499,920 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Mountains Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico.[1][2] It is located in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range and includes the Orizaba Peak. Its largest cities are Córdoba and Orizaba.
Municipalities
[edit]| Municipality code |
Name | Population | Land Area | Population density | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Rank | km2 | sq mi | Rank | 2020 | Rank | ||
006 |
Acultzingo | 23,100 | 23 | 168.9 | 65.2 | 10 | 137/km2 (354/sq mi) | 43 |
008 |
Alpatláhuac | 10,338 | 38 | 70.9 | 27.4 | 27 | 146/km2 (378/sq mi) | 39 |
014 |
Amatlán de los Reyes | 46,955 | 8 | 151.4 | 58.5 | 13 | 310/km2 (803/sq mi) | 19 |
018 |
Aquila | 1,978 | 57 | 20.7 | 8.0 | 49 | 96/km2 (247/sq mi) | 49 |
019 |
Astacinga | 6,909 | 43 | 29.8 | 11.5 | 44 | 232/km2 (600/sq mi) | 25 |
020 |
Atlahuilco | 11,577 | 37 | 62.2 | 24.0 | 34 | 186/km2 (482/sq mi) | 29 |
021 |
Atoyac | 23,461 | 21 | 122.8 | 47.4 | 20 | 191/km2 (495/sq mi) | 32 |
022 |
Atzacan | 22,651 | 24 | 63.4 | 24.5 | 33 | 346/km2 (346/km2) | 16 |
029 |
Calcahualco | 13,701 | 33 | 134.1 | 51.8 | 17 | 102/km2 (265/sq mi) | 47 |
007 |
Camarón de Tejeda | 6,538 | 44 | 124.1 | 47.9 | 19 | 53/km2 (136/sq mi) | 56 |
030 |
Camerino Z. Mendoza | 41,835 | 10 | 20.9 | 8.1 | 48 | 2,002/km2 (5,184/sq mi) | 3 |
031 |
Carrillo Puerto | 18,888 | 27 | 249.7 | 96.4 | 6 | 76/km2 (196/sq mi) | 51 |
062 |
Chocamán | 20,839 | 25 | 44.3 | 17.1 | 39 | 470/km2 (1,218/sq mi) | 12 |
041 |
Coetzala | 2,355 | 56 | 9.4 | 3.6 | 57 | 251/km2 (649/sq mi) | 21 |
043 |
Comapa | 19,876 | 26 | 310.9 | 120.0 | 3 | 64/km2 (166/sq mi) | 54 |
044 |
Córdoba | 204,721 | 1 | 159.9 | 61.7 | 11 | 1,280/km2 (3,316/sq mi) | 4 |
047 |
Coscomatepec | 59,471 | 6 | 158.1 | 61.0 | 12 | 376/km2 (974/sq mi) | 15 |
052 |
Cuichapa | 11,869 | 36 | 34.7 | 13.4 | 42 | 342/km2 (886/sq mi) | 17 |
053 |
Cuitláhuac | 28,075 | 17 | 150.3 | 58.0 | 14 | 187/km2 (484/sq mi) | 28 |
068 |
Fortín | 66,372 | 4 | 61.2 | 23.6 | 35 | 1,085/km2 (2,809/sq mi) | 5 |
071 |
Huatusco | 59,920 | 5 | 202.9 | 78.3 | 8 | 295/km2 (765/sq mi) | 20 |
074 |
Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc | 7,293 | 41 | 18.7 | 7.2 | 51 | 390/km2 (1,010/sq mi) | 13 |
080 |
Ixhuatlán del Café | 23,132 | 22 | 129.3 | 49.9 | 18 | 179/km2 (463/sq mi) | 33 |
081 |
Ixhuatlancillo | 27,295 | 18 | 52.4 | 20.2 | 38 | 521/km2 (1,349/sq mi) | 10 |
085 |
Ixtaczoquitlán | 74,004 | 3 | 137.4 | 53.1 | 16 | 539/km2 (1,395/sq mi) | 9 |
127 |
La Perla | 28,258 | 16 | 137.9 | 53.2 | 15 | 205/km2 (531/sq mi) | 26 |
137 |
Los Reyes | 6,308 | 46 | 34.2 | 13.2 | 43 | 184/km2 (478/sq mi) | 30 |
098 |
Magdalena | 3,299 | 54 | 13.8 | 5.3 | 55 | 239/km2 (619/sq mi) | 24 |
099 |
Maltrata | 18,327 | 28 | 110.6 | 42.7 | 22 | 166/km2 (429/sq mi) | 35 |
101 |
Mariano Escobedo | 38,670 | 12 | 69.5 | 26.8 | 28 | 556/km2 (1,441/sq mi) | 8 |
110 |
Mixtla de Altamirano | 12,125 | 35 | 66.5 | 25.7 | 29 | 182/km2 (472/sq mi) | 31 |
113 |
Naranjal | 4,614 | 50 | 18.6 | 7.2 | 52 | 248/km2 (642/sq mi) | 22 |
115 |
Nogales | 37,314 | 13 | 64.4 | 24.9 | 32 | 579/km2 (1,501/sq mi) | 7 |
117 |
Omealca | 23,773 | 20 | 213.8 | 82.5 | 7 | 111/km2 (288/sq mi) | 45 |
118 |
Orizaba | 123,182 | 2 | 27.7 | 10.7 | 45 | 4,447/km2 (11,518/sq mi) | 1 |
125 |
Paso del Macho | 31,894 | 14 | 400.6 | 154.7 | 2 | 80/km2 (206/sq mi) | 50 |
135 |
Rafael Delgado | 24,127 | 19 | 26.4 | 10.2 | 45 | 914/km2 (2,367/sq mi) | 6 |
138 |
Río Blanco | 41,795 | 11 | 15.2 | 5.9 | 54 | 2,750/km2 (7,122/sq mi) | 2 |
140 |
San Andrés Tenejapan | 3,134 | 55 | 21.9 | 8.5 | 47 | 143/km2 (371/sq mi) | 41 |
146 |
Sochiapa | 3,925 | 53 | 16.3 | 6.3 | 53 | 241/km2 (624/sq mi) | 23 |
147 |
Soledad Atzompa | 4,433 | 51 | 114.7 | 44.3 | 21 | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | 57 |
159 |
Tehuipango | 29,686 | 15 | 87.9 | 33.9 | 25 | 338/km2 (875/sq mi) | 27 |
162 |
Tenampa | 6,448 | 45 | 65.2 | 25.2 | 31 | 99/km2 (256/sq mi) | 48 |
165 |
Tepatlaxco | 8,925 | 39 | 60.2 | 23.2 | 36 | 148/km2 (384/sq mi) | 38 |
168 |
Tequila | 16,343 | 32 | 100 | 39 | 23 | 163/km2 (423/sq mi) | 34 |
171 |
Texhuacán | 5,575 | 48 | 42.7 | 16.5 | 40 | 131/km2 (338/sq mi) | 44 |
173 |
Tezonapa | 54,537 | 7 | 522.5 | 201.7 | 1 | 104/km2 (270/sq mi) | 46 |
179 |
Tlacotepec de Mejía | 4,284 | 52 | 65.3 | 25.2 | 30 | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) | 53 |
024 |
Tlaltetela | 16,485 | 31 | 277.8 | 107.3 | 5 | 59/km2 (154/sq mi) | 55 |
184 |
Tlaquilpa | 7,933 | 40 | 56.4 | 21.8 | 37 | 141/km2 (364/sq mi) | 42 |
185 |
Tlilapan | 5,548 | 49 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 56 | 495/km2 (1,283/sq mi) | 11 |
186 |
Tomatlán | 7,197 | 42 | 18.8 | 7.3 | 50 | 383/km2 (991/sq mi) | 14 |
188 |
Totutla | 17,217 | 30 | 97.9 | 37.8 | 24 | 176/km2 (455/sq mi) | 18 |
195 |
Xoxocotla | 5,900 | 47 | 37.4 | 14.4 | 41 | 158/km2 (409/sq mi) | 37 |
196 |
Yanga | 17,902 | 29 | 87.9 | 33.9 | 26 | 204/km2 (527/sq mi) | 40 |
200 |
Zentla | 12,581 | 34 | 178.1 | 68.8 | 9 | 71/km2 (183/sq mi) | 52 |
201 |
Zongolica | 45,028 | 9 | 282.6 | 109.1 | 4 | 159/km2 (413/sq mi) | 36 |
| Montañas Region | 1,499,920 | — | 6,032 | 2,328.97 | — | 249/km2 (644/sq mi) | — | |
| Source: INEGI[3] | ||||||||
Largest cities
[edit]| Rank | Municipality | Pop. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Córdoba | Córdoba | 139,075 | ||||||
| 2 | Orizaba | Orizaba | 120,500 | ||||||
| 3 | Río Blanco | Río Blanco | 41,785 | ||||||
| 4 | Ciudad Mendoza | Camerino Z. Mendoza | 34,847 | ||||||
| 5 | Huastusco de Chicuellar | Huatusco | 33,402 | ||||||
| 6 | Ixtaczoquitlán | Ixtaczoquitlán | 30,131 | ||||||
| 7 | Fortín de las Flores | Fortín | 21,708 | ||||||
| 8 | Nogales | Nogales | 21,261 | ||||||
| 9 | Amatlán de los Reyes | Amatlán de los Reyes | 22,798 | ||||||
| 10 | Coscomatepec de Bravo | Coscomatepec | 16,364 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave: Grado de marginación por municipio, 2005" (PDF). Conapo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Censo Veracruz 2020
- ↑ "Cuadernillos Municipales Veracruz 2020". Retrieved June 6, 2026.
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