Acayucan (municipality)

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'''Acayucan''' is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's southeast, in the Olmeca region. The municipal seat is the city of Acayucan, Veracruz. It covers a total of 724.65 km<sup>2</sup> (279.79 sq mi).

At the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a population of 79,459, of whom 49,945 lived in the municipal seat.<ref>{{cite web|title=Acayucan |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30003a.htm |work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |publisher=Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal |access-date=2008-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523100119/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30003a.htm |archive-date=2007-05-23 }}</ref> Of the municipality's population, 3,655 (5.22%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Popoluca, followed in numbers by Zapotec.

In addition to the seat, the municipality's largest other communities are Corral Nuevo and Dehesa.

==History== Conquistadores Gonzalo de Sandoval and Hernan Cortés passed through Acayucan on the route from Tuxtepec to Tenochititlan. In 1580 it was part of the "Villa de Espíritu Santo" (Coatzacoalcos); when this was wiped out by pirates, Ayayucan became the seat of the ''Alcaldía mayor.''<ref name="monografia">{{cite web |title=.:· Monografía de Acayucan ·:. |url=https://www.acayucan.com/documentos/monografiaacayucan.php |website=www.acayucan.com |access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>

The local indigenous population rose up in rebellion in 1787.<ref name="monografia" />

After the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, the Acayucan municipality was established in 1824. San Martin Acayucan became a ''villa'' in 1824 and a town on June 13, 1848. The community was destroyed by a hurricane in 1888.<ref name="monografia" />

Hilario C. Salas took the town of Acayucan in his fight against the Porfirian dictatorship in 1906. San Martin Acayucan became a city on September 26, 1910.<ref name="monografia" />

Electrification came to the city in 1946. The Catholic church was destroyed in the July 1957 earthquake.<ref name="monografia" />

In 2005–07, the municipal president (mayor) of Acayucan was Fabiola Vázquez Saút of the PAN, a daughter of the slain cacique (local baron) Cirilo Vázquez.<ref>http://search.chron.com/chronicle/openDocument.do?docRef=11_23_2006_2_p1a23MEXBOSS&selectedPath={{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In May 2020, Francisco Navarette Serna, presumed drug chieftain responsible for the February 2016 murders of five young people from Acayucan between 16 and 27 years old, was killed at a party at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ataque armado deja siete muertos y dos heridos en salón de fiestas en Veracruz |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/ataque-armado-deja-siete-muertos-y-dos-heridos-en-salon-de-fiestas-en-veracruz |website=El Universal |access-date=May 30, 2020 |language=es |date=30 May 2020}}</ref>

== Geography == === Climate ===

<div style="width:75%"> {{Weather box |location = Acayucan |single line = Yes |metric first = Yes |Jan high F = 80.1 |Feb high F = 81.9 |Mar high F = 87.8 |Apr high F = 92.1 |May high F = 94.1 |Jun high F = 91.0 |Jul high F = 88.2 |Aug high F =88.9 |Sep high F = 88.0 |Oct high F = 85.5 |Nov high F =82.8 |Dec high F = 81.0 |year high F = 86.7 |Jan low F = 64.2 |Feb low F = 63.9 |Mar low F = 67.8 |Apr low F = 71.8 |May low F = 74.3 |Jun low F = 74.1 |Jul low F = 73.2 |Aug low F = 73.8 |Sep low F = 73.8 |Oct low F = 71.6 |Nov low F = 68.5 |Dec low F = 66.0 |year low F = 70.3 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 1.8 |Feb precipitation inch =1.6 |Mar precipitation inch = 1.0 |Apr precipitation inch = 1.1 |May precipitation inch = 2.3 |Jun precipitation inch = 10.1 |Jul precipitation inch = 12.9 |Aug precipitation inch = 12.2 |Sep precipitation inch = 13.5 |Oct precipitation inch = 8.5 |Nov precipitation inch = 3.9 |Dec precipitation inch = 2.7 |year precipitation inch = 71.6 |source 1 = Weatherbase <ref name=Weatherbase> {{cite web |url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=930001&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Acayucan, Veracruz |publisher=Weatherbase |year=2011 }} Retrieved on November 24, 2011. </ref> |date=November 2011 }} </div>

==References== {{reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130406130712/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517162104/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_veracruz Veracruz] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.acayucan.gob.mx/ Municipio de Acayucan] Municipal government website * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721170905/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153%2C4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=acayucan.pdf Municipal Official Information]

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