Mountains Region
Mountains Region | |
|---|---|
Region | |
 In Veracruz | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Veracruz |
| Largest city | Córdoba |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,032 km2 (2,329 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,499,920 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
The Mountains Region is one of the regions of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range and includes the Pico de Orizaba, an active volcano and Mexico's highest mountain. Its largest cities are Córdoba and Orizaba.
Municipalities
| Municipality code |
Name | Population | Land Area | Population density | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Rank | km2 | sq mi | Rank | 2020 | Rank | ||
006 |
Acultzingo | 23,100 | 23 | 168.9 | 65.2 | 10 | 137/km2 (354/sq mi) | 43 |
008 |
Alpatláhuac | 10,338 | 38 | 70.9 | 27.4 | 27 | 146/km2 (378/sq mi) | 39 |
014 |
Amatlán de los Reyes | 46,955 | 8 | 151.4 | 58.5 | 13 | 310/km2 (803/sq mi) | 19 |
018 |
Aquila | 1,978 | 57 | 20.7 | 8.0 | 49 | 96/km2 (247/sq mi) | 49 |
019 |
Astacinga | 6,909 | 43 | 29.8 | 11.5 | 44 | 232/km2 (600/sq mi) | 25 |
020 |
Atlahuilco | 11,577 | 37 | 62.2 | 24.0 | 34 | 186/km2 (482/sq mi) | 29 |
021 |
Atoyac | 23,461 | 21 | 122.8 | 47.4 | 20 | 191/km2 (495/sq mi) | 32 |
022 |
Atzacan | 22,651 | 24 | 63.4 | 24.5 | 33 | 346/km2 (346/km2) | 16 |
029 |
Calcahualco | 13,701 | 33 | 134.1 | 51.8 | 17 | 102/km2 (265/sq mi) | 47 |
007 |
Camarón de Tejeda | 6,538 | 44 | 124.1 | 47.9 | 19 | 53/km2 (136/sq mi) | 56 |
030 |
Camerino Z. Mendoza | 41,835 | 10 | 20.9 | 8.1 | 48 | 2,002/km2 (5,184/sq mi) | 3 |
031 |
Carrillo Puerto | 18,888 | 27 | 249.7 | 96.4 | 6 | 76/km2 (196/sq mi) | 51 |
062 |
Chocamán | 20,839 | 25 | 44.3 | 17.1 | 39 | 470/km2 (1,218/sq mi) | 12 |
041 |
Coetzala | 2,355 | 56 | 9.4 | 3.6 | 57 | 251/km2 (649/sq mi) | 21 |
043 |
Comapa | 19,876 | 26 | 310.9 | 120.0 | 3 | 64/km2 (166/sq mi) | 54 |
044 |
Córdoba | 204,721 | 1 | 159.9 | 61.7 | 11 | 1,280/km2 (3,316/sq mi) | 4 |
047 |
Coscomatepec | 59,471 | 6 | 158.1 | 61.0 | 12 | 376/km2 (974/sq mi) | 15 |
052 |
Cuichapa | 11,869 | 36 | 34.7 | 13.4 | 42 | 342/km2 (886/sq mi) | 17 |
053 |
Cuitláhuac | 28,075 | 17 | 150.3 | 58.0 | 14 | 187/km2 (484/sq mi) | 28 |
068 |
Fortín | 66,372 | 4 | 61.2 | 23.6 | 35 | 1,085/km2 (2,809/sq mi) | 5 |
071 |
Huatusco | 59,920 | 5 | 202.9 | 78.3 | 8 | 295/km2 (765/sq mi) | 20 |
074 |
Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc | 7,293 | 41 | 18.7 | 7.2 | 51 | 390/km2 (1,010/sq mi) | 13 |
080 |
Ixhuatlán del Café | 23,132 | 22 | 129.3 | 49.9 | 18 | 179/km2 (463/sq mi) | 33 |
081 |
Ixhuatlancillo | 27,295 | 18 | 52.4 | 20.2 | 38 | 521/km2 (1,349/sq mi) | 10 |
085 |
Ixtaczoquitlán | 74,004 | 3 | 137.4 | 53.1 | 16 | 539/km2 (1,395/sq mi) | 9 |
127 |
La Perla | 28,258 | 16 | 137.9 | 53.2 | 15 | 205/km2 (531/sq mi) | 26 |
137 |
Los Reyes | 6,308 | 46 | 34.2 | 13.2 | 43 | 184/km2 (478/sq mi) | 30 |
098 |
Magdalena | 3,299 | 54 | 13.8 | 5.3 | 55 | 239/km2 (619/sq mi) | 24 |
099 |
Maltrata | 18,327 | 28 | 110.6 | 42.7 | 22 | 166/km2 (429/sq mi) | 35 |
101 |
Mariano Escobedo | 38,670 | 12 | 69.5 | 26.8 | 28 | 556/km2 (1,441/sq mi) | 8 |
110 |
Mixtla de Altamirano | 12,125 | 35 | 66.5 | 25.7 | 29 | 182/km2 (472/sq mi) | 31 |
113 |
Naranjal | 4,614 | 50 | 18.6 | 7.2 | 52 | 248/km2 (642/sq mi) | 22 |
115 |
Nogales | 37,314 | 13 | 64.4 | 24.9 | 32 | 579/km2 (1,501/sq mi) | 7 |
117 |
Omealca | 23,773 | 20 | 213.8 | 82.5 | 7 | 111/km2 (288/sq mi) | 45 |
118 |
Orizaba | 123,182 | 2 | 27.7 | 10.7 | 45 | 4,447/km2 (11,518/sq mi) | 1 |
125 |
Paso del Macho | 31,894 | 14 | 400.6 | 154.7 | 2 | 80/km2 (206/sq mi) | 50 |
135 |
Rafael Delgado | 24,127 | 19 | 26.4 | 10.2 | 45 | 914/km2 (2,367/sq mi) | 6 |
138 |
Río Blanco | 41,795 | 11 | 15.2 | 5.9 | 54 | 2,750/km2 (7,122/sq mi) | 2 |
140 |
San Andrés Tenejapan | 3,134 | 55 | 21.9 | 8.5 | 47 | 143/km2 (371/sq mi) | 41 |
146 |
Sochiapa | 3,925 | 53 | 16.3 | 6.3 | 53 | 241/km2 (624/sq mi) | 23 |
147 |
Soledad Atzompa | 4,433 | 51 | 114.7 | 44.3 | 21 | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | 57 |
159 |
Tehuipango | 29,686 | 15 | 87.9 | 33.9 | 25 | 338/km2 (875/sq mi) | 27 |
162 |
Tenampa | 6,448 | 45 | 65.2 | 25.2 | 31 | 99/km2 (256/sq mi) | 48 |
165 |
Tepatlaxco | 8,925 | 39 | 60.2 | 23.2 | 36 | 148/km2 (384/sq mi) | 38 |
168 |
Tequila | 16,343 | 32 | 100 | 39 | 23 | 163/km2 (423/sq mi) | 34 |
171 |
Texhuacán | 5,575 | 48 | 42.7 | 16.5 | 40 | 131/km2 (338/sq mi) | 44 |
173 |
Tezonapa | 54,537 | 7 | 522.5 | 201.7 | 1 | 104/km2 (270/sq mi) | 46 |
179 |
Tlacotepec de Mejía | 4,284 | 52 | 65.3 | 25.2 | 30 | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) | 53 |
024 |
Tlaltetela | 16,485 | 31 | 277.8 | 107.3 | 5 | 59/km2 (154/sq mi) | 55 |
184 |
Tlaquilpa | 7,933 | 40 | 56.4 | 21.8 | 37 | 141/km2 (364/sq mi) | 42 |
185 |
Tlilapan | 5,548 | 49 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 56 | 495/km2 (1,283/sq mi) | 11 |
186 |
Tomatlán | 7,197 | 42 | 18.8 | 7.3 | 50 | 383/km2 (991/sq mi) | 14 |
188 |
Totutla | 17,217 | 30 | 97.9 | 37.8 | 24 | 176/km2 (455/sq mi) | 18 |
195 |
Xoxocotla | 5,900 | 47 | 37.4 | 14.4 | 41 | 158/km2 (409/sq mi) | 37 |
196 |
Yanga | 17,902 | 29 | 87.9 | 33.9 | 26 | 204/km2 (527/sq mi) | 40 |
200 |
Zentla | 12,581 | 34 | 178.1 | 68.8 | 9 | 71/km2 (183/sq mi) | 52 |
201 |
Zongolica | 45,028 | 9 | 282.6 | 109.1 | 4 | 159/km2 (413/sq mi) | 36 |
| Montañas Region | 1,499,920 | — | 6,032 | 2,328.97 | — | 249/km2 (644/sq mi) | — | |
| Source: INEGI | ||||||||
Largest cities
Largest cities or towns in Mountains Region Source: | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Municipality | Pop. | |||||||
| 1 | Córdoba | Córdoba | 139,075 | ||||||
| 2 | Orizaba | Orizaba | 120,500 | ||||||
| 3 | Río Blanco | Río Blanco | 41,785 | ||||||
| 4 | Ciudad Mendoza | Camerino Z. Mendoza | 34,847 | ||||||
| 5 | Huastusco de Chicuellar | Huatusco | 33,402 | ||||||
| 6 | Ixtaczoquitlán | Ixtaczoquitlán | 30,131 | ||||||
| 7 | Amatlán de los Reyes | Amatlán de los Reyes | 22,798 | ||||||
| 8 | Fortín de las Flores | Fortín | 21,708 | ||||||
| 9 | Nogales | Nogales | 21,261 | ||||||
| 10 | Coscomatepec de Bravo | Coscomatepec | 16,364 | ||||||
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Censo Veracruz 2020
- ↑ "Cuadernillos Municipales Veracruz 2020". Retrieved June 6, 2026.
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