Perote is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city serves as the seat of government for the surrounding municipality of the same name, with a population 42,451 inhabitants as 2020, while the municipality population is of 77,432.[1] Perote borders the municipalitys of Las Vigas de Ramírez, Acajete, Xico and Tlalnelhuayocan, and the state of Puebla. It is on Federal Highway 140.
Perote | |
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City and municipality | |
Top: Perote Municipal Hall; Middle: San Antonio Limón Church, San Carlos Fortress; Bottom: Cofre de Perote, Calvario Church | |
Coordinates: 19°33′43″N 97°14′31″W / 19.56194°N 97.24194°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Veracruz |
Region | Capital Region |
Government | |
• Mayor | Delfino Ortega Martínez (PRI) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 614.7 km2 (237.3 sq mi) |
Elevation (of seat) | 2,425 m (7,956 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• Municipality | 77,432 |
• Seat | 42,451 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
Postal code (of seat) | 30128 |
Climate | ET |
Website | (in Spanish) |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1995 | 51,688 | — |
2000 | 54,365 | +5.2% |
2005 | 61,272 | +12.7% |
2010 | 68,982 | +12.6% |
2015 | 72,795 | +5.5% |
2020 | 77,432 | +6.4% |
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Its climate is cold and dry with an annual average temperature of 12 degrees Celsius.
Perote's fortress of San Carlos once served as a prison. Guadalupe Victoria died there.
Also in Perote is the Cofre de Perote shield-shaped volcano (the Nahuatl name of which was "Naucampatepetl," which means "four times lord").
This town is the home of a sizable Spanish community which immigrated here in the 1930s. Because of this, it is known for Spanish-style cured meats and sausage such as jamón serrano (serrano ham), botifarra (Catalán sausage), and Spanish chorizo sausage.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b 2020 Perote CENSUS
- ^ Triedo, Nicolas (February 2008). "Fin de semana en Xalapa". Guía México Desconocido. 372: 42–48.
External links
edit- Pictures of Perote - one has in the background the Cofre de Perote, another is a picture of a local bus.