Veracruz, also known as Heroica Veracruz, is a major port city and municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico, and the most populous city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city is located along the coast in the central part of the state, 90 kilometers southeast of the state capital Xalapa.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude19.190278 degrees north 2 Climate Zone Sources
1. Veracruz (city) (Wikipedia)
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The city of Veracruz had a population of 537,952 inhabitants, 405,952 in Veracruz municipality and 132,011 in Boca del Río municipality.
- In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Veracruz (city) (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1519-01-01T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 19.190278, longitude -96.153333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 10 m
P2046 (area)
area 78.815 sq km
View the Source3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 19.25, -96.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 19.25, -96.25
19.25 -96.25 Aw
4. GeoNames: Veracruz - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3514783, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.51 km)Quote, cities500 record 3514783, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.51 km)
19.18095 -96.1429 P PPLA2 MX 30 193 428323 15 America/Mexico_City
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