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Papaloapan Region (Veracruz)

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Papaloapan Region
Región del Papaloapan
Region
Papaloapan Region in the State of Veracruz
Papaloapan Region in the State of Veracruz
Country Mexico
StateVeracruz
Named forPapaloapan River
Municipalities
Area
 • Total10,477.02 km2 (4,045.20 sq mi)
 • Rank3rd
Lowest elevation0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total563,063
 • Rank7th[2][a]
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Largest municipality by area
Largest municipality by population
  • Tierra Blanca
  • 95,602
Most densely populated municipality

Papaloapan Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico.[3][4]

Geography

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Papaloapan Region occupies a portion of the southern Gulf Coastal Plain, in the lower basins of the Papaloapan and Blanco rivers.

It is bounded on the north by the Gulf of Mexico, on the northwest by Sotavento Region, on the west by Mountains Region, on the south by the state of Oaxaca, on the east by Olmeca and Los Tuxtlas regions.[3]

Municipalities

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The Papaloapan region is conformed by the following 22 municipalities.

Municipality
code
Name Population Land Area Population density
2020 Rank km2 sq mi Rank 2020 Rank
005
Acula
5,253
20
195.02 75.30
16
27/km2 (70/sq mi)
20
011
Alvarado
57,035
2
826.93 319.28
5
69/km2 (179/sq mi)
7
012
Amatitlán
7,866
16
135.07 52.15
17
58/km2 (151/sq mi)
9
015
Ángel R. Cabada
33,839
8
430.55 166.24
10
79/km2 (204/sq mi)
6
045
Cosamaloapan de Carpio
54,737
3
519.13 200.44
9
105/km2 (273/sq mi)
3
054
Chacaltianguis
11,461
15
290.46 112.15
14
39/km2 (102/sq mi)
16
075
Ignacio de la Llave
16,525
12
396.92 153.25
12
42/km2 (108/sq mi)
14
077
Isla
42,807
5
926.87 357.87
4
46/km2 (120/sq mi)
11
084
Ixmatlahuacan
5,574
19
347.25 134.07
13
16/km2 (42/sq mi)
22
094
Juan Rodríguez Clara
38,367
7
992.11 383.06
3
39/km2 (100/sq mi)
17
097
Lerdo de Tejada
19,123
11
83.98 32.42
20
228/km2 (590/sq mi)
1
119
Otatitlán
5,651
18
49.84 19.24
22
113/km2 (294/sq mi)
2
130
Playa Vicente
39,327
6
1,192.74 460.52
2
33/km2 (85/sq mi)
18
139
Saltabarranca
6,126
17
108.49 41.89
18
56/km2 (146/sq mi)
10
169
José Azueta
22,709
10
535.49 206.75
8
42/km2 (110/sq mi)
13
174
Tierra Blanca
95,602
1
1,517.86 586.05
1
63/km2 (163/sq mi)
8
176
Tlacojalpan
4,489
21
102.72 39.66
19
44/km2 (113/sq mi)
12
178
Tlacotalpan
12,898
14
578.54 223.38
6
22/km2 (58/sq mi)
21
190
Tuxtilla
2,258
22
56.12 21.67
21
40/km2 (104/sq mi)
15
207
Tres Valles
44,978
4
547.66 211.45
7
82/km2 (213/sq mi)
5
208
Carlos A. Carrillo
23,376
9
244.16 94.27
15
96/km2 (248/sq mi)
4
212
Santiago Sochiapan
13,062
13
399.12 154.10
11
33/km2 (85/sq mi)
19
Papaloapan Region 563,063 10,477.02 4,045.20 54/km2 (139/sq mi)
Source: INEGI[2][a]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Although public, some statistical information about Veracruz provided on the INEGI's website may not be conspicuously displayed and additional steps (query the database, download files) may be required to access it.

References

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  1. ^ Estudios Regionales Para la Planeación [Regional Studies for Plannings] (PDF) (in Spanish), Xalapa: SEFIPLAN, 2007, p. 223, retrieved 2022-08-04
  2. ^ a b c "México en cifras" (in Spanish). INEGI. 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  3. ^ a b "Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave: Grado de marginación por municipio, 2005" (PDF). Conapo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ 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.