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Córdoba, known officially as Heroica Córdoba, is a city and the seat of the municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Veracruz.It was founded in 1618. The city is composed of 15 barrios (neighborhoods) bounded to the north by Ixhuatlán del Café and Tomatlán, and to the south by Amatlán de los Reyes and Naranjal.
The Veracruz metropolitan area (Zona metropolitana de Veracruz, ZMV) is a metropolitan area in Veracruz (state), Mexico formed by the city of Veracruz and its Veracruz municipality and five other municipalities.
There is a municipality of Ignacio de la Llave in the state of Veracruz, named after him.In 1932, it was renamed from San Cristóbal de la Llave. Also, the state of Veracruz was known as Veracruz-Llave from 1863 to 2004, [1] and since 2004, it has been officially known as Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave.
The following coat of arms is adopted as the emblem of the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz Llave, whose heraldic characteristics are the following: A cut shield, the upper part in a sinople field and a gold tower superimposed on a Latin cross in gules, and in sable and in the center of it the word Vera, and below in a blue field the columns of Plus Ultra, a device that at the time was ...
The municipality of Lerdo de Tejada is located in southern Veracruz on the coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico. It borders the municipalities of Ángel R. Cabada to the east, Saltabarranca to the south, Tlacotalpan to the southwest and Alvarado to the west. The municipality covers an area of 84.245 square kilometres (32.527 sq mi) and comprises ...
The State of Veracruz was created on 1824, being one of the original States of the Federation, it has experienced all the political systems implemented in Mexico, federalism and centralism, thus it has changed its name from "State of" to "Department of" to "State of" again.
The Port of Veracruz is the oldest and largest port in Mexico, deeply important to its history. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] During the colonial period, it was the most important port in New Spain, the connection to ports and the Atlantic trade creating a large wealthy merchant class, which was more prosperous than that of Mexico City. [ 7 ]
The municipality covers a total area of 286.24 km² and is located on Federal Highway 123.It borders with the state of Tamaulipas and the municipality of Pánuco to the north and west, with the Gulf of Mexico to the east, and with Tampico Alto to the south.