Alto Lucero

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'''Alto Lucero''' (formally: '''Alto Lucero de Gutiérrez Barrios''') is a city and municipality in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[List of states of Mexico|state]] of [[Veracruz]]. It is located at {{coord|19|37|N|96|44|W|}}, some 35 km from state capital [[Xalapa]]. The [[Laguna Verde nuclear power plant]], Mexico's only such facility, was built near the town of [[Punta Limón]] in Alto Lucero municipality during the 1970s.

It is the birthplace and childhood hometown of famed singer [[Paquita la del Barrio]] (1947–2025).

==Demographics== {{As of|2020}} the municipality had a population of 28,184 inhabitants in 137 localities.<ref name=2020CENSUSALTOLUCERO>[http://ceieg.veracruz.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2022/09/Alto-Lucero.CM_.Ver_.2022.4.pdf 2020 Alto Lucero CENSUS]</ref> Alto Lucero, the municipal seat, had a population of 5,243 inhabitants. Other localities includes Mesa de Guadalupe<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-01 |title=Mesa De Guadalupe (Veracruz) Alto Lucero de Gutiérrez Barrios |url=https://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/mesa-de-guadalupe-3/ |access-date=2026-04-11 |website=mexico.PueblosAmerica.com |language=es}}</ref> (3,439 hab.), Palma Sola (3,227 hab.), Blanca Espuma (1,580 hab.) and La Reforma (1,335 hab.).<ref name=2020CENSUSALTOLUCERO/>

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==External links== *{{in lang|es}} [http://www.altolucero.gob.mx/ Alto Lucero municipal webpage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040606091516/http://www.altolucero.gob.mx/ |date=2004-06-06 }} * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721171154/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=altolucero.pdf Municipal Official Information] *[http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2006/12/10/scorpions-and-spiders-near-alto-lucero-1.html Photos with narrative of Alto Lucero, surroundings, and some wildlife]

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