- Alvarado, Veracruz
:"This article is about the city in Mexico. See
Alvarado (disambiguation) for other uses."Alvarado is a city in the Mexican state of
Veracruz . It is located 64 km from the city ofVeracruz, Veracruz , on Federal Highways 180 and 125. Alvarado is bordered by Boca del Río,Tlalixcoyan , Medellín,Ignacio de la Llave ,Ciudad Lerdo de Tejada ,Tlacotalpan andAcula . It is 10m above sea level. It lies in the so-called "Region Papaloapan" bordered on the south by the municipalities ofAcula ,Tlacotalpan andLerdo de Tejada , on the east by theGulf of Mexico and on the west byIgnacio de la Llave . [cite web
title = La avifauna de Alvarado, Veracruz, México en tres zonas con diferente grado de perturbación
author = Helxine Fuentes
url = http://www.citologica.org/helxinefuentes/default.asp?Id=7&Fd=2
date =April 13 ,2005
accessdate = 2008-05-25
language = Spanish ]The geographic size of Alvarado is 840 square kilometers.
The INEGI said that the population by 2000 was 22,608 people.
Alvarado was founded on the XVI century. On 1518 Pedro de Alvarado arrived to "Atlizintla" and name the town and river after himself. Then on 1563, Juan de Sahagún built the port of Alvarado. It was used to transport food to other countries.
Major products of Alvarado are
coffee ,fruit s, andsugar . The economy of this region is developed on the Primary sector, which are fishing and farming ,this are the most productive activities, also the sugar cane and the coffee are really common in this region.References
External links
* [http://www.municipiodealvarado.gob.mx Municipal Official Site]
* Pictures of Alvarado. [http://www.terra.com.mx/galeria.aspx?galeriaId=012301]
* [http://www.lugaresdemexico.com/alva.html Guide of interest on Alvarado] (In Spanish)
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