Sotavento Region
Región del Sotavento | |
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Region | |
 Sotavento Region in the State of Veracruz | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Veracruz |
| Largest city | Veracruz |
| Municipalities | |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,960.69 km2 (1,529.23 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 8th |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,085,751 |
| • Rank | 4th |
| • Density | 274.132/km2 (709.998/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| Largest municipality by area |
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Sotavento Region lies on the southern Gulf Coastal Plain. Sotavento means leeward, and the region lies in the rain shadow of the coastal Sierra de Chiconquiaco, which makes it drier than the rest of Veracruz' coastal lowlands to the north and south. The Veracruz dry forests ecoregion covers much of the region.
It is bounded on the northeast by the Gulf of Mexico, on the east and south by Papaloapan Region, on the west by Mountains Region, and on the north by Capital Region.
| Municipality code |
Name | Population | Land Area | Population density | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Rank | km2 | sq mi | Rank | 2020 | Rank | ||
028 |
Boca del Río | 144,550 | 2 | 38.1 | 14.7 | 12 | 3,794/km2 (9,826/sq mi) | 1 |
049 |
Cotaxtla | 22,050 | 11 | 537.3 | 207.5 | 2 | 41/km2 (106/sq mi) | 12 |
090 |
Jamapa | 11,132 | 12 | 132.1 | 51.0 | 9 | 84/km2 (218/sq mi) | 7 |
016 |
La Antigua | 28,682 | 7 | 131.9 | 50.9 | 10 | 217/km2 (563/sq mi) | 5 |
100 |
Manlio Fabio Altamirano | 23,918 | 9 | 247.1 | 95.4 | 8 | 97/km2 (251/sq mi) | 6 |
105 |
Medellín de Bravo | 95,202 | 3 | 397.3 | 153.4 | 4 | 240/km2 (621/sq mi) | 4 |
126 |
Paso de Ovejas | 33,442 | 5 | 388.1 | 149.8 | 5 | 86/km2 (223/sq mi) | 8 |
134 |
Puente Nacional | 23,544 | 10 | 384.1 | 148.3 | 6 | 61/km2 (61/km2) | 10 |
148 |
Soledad de Doblado | 28,130 | 8 | 416.1 | 160.7 | 3 | 68/km2 (175/sq mi) | 9 |
181 |
Tlalixcoyan | 37,795 | 4 | 917.9 | 354.4 | 1 | 41/km2 (107/sq mi) | 11 |
191 |
Úrsulo Galván | 30,097 | 6 | 124.6 | 48.1 | 11 | 242/km2 (626/sq mi) | 3 |
193 |
Veracruz | 607,209 | 1 | 249.3 | 96.3 | 7 | 2,436/km2 (6,308/sq mi) | 2 |
| Sotavento Region | 1,085,751 | — | 3,166 | 1,530.51 | — | 274/km2 (709/sq mi) | — | |
| Source: INEGI | ||||||||
Largest cities or towns in Sotavento Region Source: | |||||||||
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| Rank | Municipality | Pop. | |||||||
| 1 | Veracruz | Veracruz | 405,952 | ||||||
| 2 | Veracruz | Boca del Río | 132,011 | ||||||
| 3 | Valente Díaz | Veracruz | 36,818 | ||||||
| 4 | Fraccionamiento Puente Moreno | Medellín de Bravo | 34,913 | ||||||
| 5 | Lomas de Río Medio Cuatro | Veracruz | 20,849 | ||||||
| 6 | José Cardel | La Antigua | 20,182 | ||||||
| 7 | Fraccionamiento Geovillas Los Pinos | Veracruz | 16,855 | ||||||
| 8 | Las Amapolas | Veracruz | 15,076 | ||||||
| 9 | Soledad de Doblado | Soledad de Doblado | 13,716 | ||||||
| 10 | Hacienda Sotavento | Veracruz | 11,583 | ||||||
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