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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
22
Area
[1][2][a]
 • Total
10,477.02 km2 (4,045.20 sq mi)
 • Rank3rd
Lowest elevation
(Gulf of Mexico)
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
563,063
 • 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.
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