Papaloapan Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico.[3][4]
Papaloapan Region
Región del Papaloapan | |
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Region | |
 Papaloapan Region in the State of Veracruz | |
| 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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Geography
editPapaloapan 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
editThe Papaloapan region is conformed by the following 22 municipalities.
| Municipality code |
Name | Population | Land Area | Population density | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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
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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
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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
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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] | ||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ 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
edit- ^ Estudios Regionales Para la Planeación [Regional Studies for Plannings] (PDF) (in Spanish), Xalapa: SEFIPLAN, 2007, p. 223, retrieved 2022-08-04
- ^ a b c "México en cifras" (in Spanish). INEGI. 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ a b "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.
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