The state of Veracruz is located in the Gulf Coastal Plain

It has 210 municipalities, 22,032 villages and a population of 6,908,975 (3,355,164 male and 3,553,811 female).

The capital city is Xalapa and it lies at 1,460 meters above sea level.

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION

North 22°28', South17°09' Lat North; East 93°36', West 98°39' East Long.

LAND SIZE AS A PERCENTAGE

3.7% of the country's area.

BORDERING STATES

Veracruz-Llave borders on the north with Tamaulipas and the Gulf of Mexico; East with the Gulf of Mexico, Tabasco and Chiapas; to the south with Chiapas and Oaxaca; West with Puebla, Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí.

LENGTH OF THE COASTLINE

720 km

MAIN ELEVATIONS

Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba)     5,610

Volcán Cofre de Perote                         4,200

Cerro Tepozteca                                    3,140

Cerro Cuamila                                       2,980

Volcán San Martín Tuxtla                      1,680

HYDROLOGICAL REGIONS

Balsas

Pánuco

Tuxpan-Nautla

Papaloapan

Coatzacoalcos

Grijalva-Usumacinta

AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION

Agricultural 43.23%                            Grazing land        26.81%                          Forests       3.67%         

                                                           Jungle          23.81%                       Other              2.48%

MAIN TYPES OF CLIMATE

Warm humid with rains year around (4.31%)

Warm humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer   (27.76%)

Warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer  (52.30%)

Semi-warm with rains year around (5.83%) 

Semi-warm humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer (2.34%)

Warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (0.42%)

Temperate humid with rains year around (2.34%)

Temperate humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer (2.13%)

Temperate sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (1.49%)

 Semi-cold humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer  (0.14%)

Semi-cold sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (0.41%)