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There is also a collection of historical photographs of the city. The Veracruz State Art Museum (Museo de Arte del Estado de Veracruz) is located in Orizaba in what was the monastery associated with the Concordia Church. Its collection includes works by Diego Rivera, Ignacio Rosas and Gonzalo Argüelles. It also contains a collection of ...
Several operators in Veracruz and in Boca del Rio offer scuba equipment and tours. The best season for scuba diving is May to August. The mainland has several beaches. Playa Martí is located between the city of Veracruz and Boca del Río. The Playa de Hornos is located next to the Veracruz Aquarium.
Cofre de Perote, also known by its Nahuatl names Naupa-Tecutépetl (from Nāuhpa-Tēuctēpetl) and Nauhcampatépetl, both meaning something like "Place of Four Mountains" or "Mountain of the Lord of Four Places", is an inactive volcano located in the Mexican state of Veracruz, at the point where the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, home to all of Mexico's highest peaks, joins the Sierra Madre ...
The rest of the country remained in 90°W (6 hours behind GMT), named Hora del Centro (Central Time). [12] The North Territory of Baja California was returned to 120°W (8 hours behind GMT) in 1945, [13] changed again to 105°W in 1948, [14] and returned again to 120°W in 1949. [15]
Boca del Río is a city and municipality located in the center of the Mexican state of Veracruz.The small city of Boca del Río serves as the seat of the municipality. The municipality lies just south of the municipality of Veracruz, and contains a part of the city and city and port of Veracruz.
To the north, it borders San Luis Potosí and Veracruz; to the east, it borders Puebla; to the south it bordersTlaxcala and the State of Mexico. [1] It is located between the coordinates: to the north , 21°23 ′ 55″ ; to the south , 19°35 ′ 52″ of the latitude north; to the east , 97°59 ′ 06″ ; to the west .
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.
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.