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
City and municipality
Top: Perote Municipal Hall; Middle: San Antonio Limón Church, San Carlos Fortress; Bottom: Cofre de Perote, Calvario Church
Coat of arms of Perote
Perote is located in Veracruz
Perote
Perote
Location in Mexico
Perote is located in Mexico
Perote
Perote
Perote (Mexico)
Coordinates: 19°33′43″N 97°14′31″W / 19.56194°N 97.24194°W / 19.56194; -97.24194
Country Mexico
StateVeracruz
RegionCapital Region
Government
 • MayorDelfino Ortega Martínez (PRI)
Area
 • Municipality614.7 km2 (237.3 sq mi)
Elevation
(of seat)
2,425 m (7,956 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Municipality77,432
 • Seat
42,451
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (US Central))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central)
Postal code (of seat)
30128
ClimateET
Website(in Spanish)
Historical population
YearPop.±%
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%
[1]

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

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  1. ^ a b 2020 Perote CENSUS
  2. ^ Triedo, Nicolas (February 2008). "Fin de semana en Xalapa". Guía México Desconocido. 372: 42–48.
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  • Pictures of Perote - one has in the background the Cofre de Perote, another is a picture of a local bus.