# Alto Lucero

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alto_Lucero
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alto_Lucero.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_Lucero
> Source revision: 1349410396
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

City and municipality in Veracruz, Mexico

Alto Lucero Municipality City and municipality Top: Palma Sola Beach; Middle: Alto Lucero Downtown, Cerrillos de Diaz; Bottom: Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Station, Boca Andrea Beach Alto Lucero Municipality Location in Mexico Show map of Veracruz Alto Lucero Municipality Alto Lucero Municipality (Mexico) Show map of Mexico Coordinates: 19°37′29″N 96°44′03″W / 19.62472°N 96.73417°W / 19.62472; -96.73417 Country Mexico State Veracruz Region Capital Region Government • Mayor Luis Vicente Aguilar Castillo (PT) Area • Total 647.9 km2 (250.2 sq mi) Elevation (of seat) 591 m (1,939 ft) Population (2020) • Total 28,184 • Density 43.5/km2 (113/sq mi) • Seat 5,243 Time zone UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central) Postal code (of seat) 91460 Website (in Spanish)

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1995 27,331 — 2000 27,188 −0.5% 2005 25,893 −4.8% 2010 28,017 +8.2% 2015 28,922 +3.2% 2020 28,184 −2.6% [1]

**Alto Lucero** (formally: **Alto Lucero de Gutiérrez Barrios**) is a city and municipality in the [Mexican](/source/Mexico) [state](/source/List_of_states_of_Mexico) of [Veracruz](/source/Veracruz). It is located at [19°37′N 96°44′W / 19.617°N 96.733°W / 19.617; -96.733](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Alto_Lucero&params=19_37_N_96_44_W_), some 35 km from state capital [Xalapa](/source/Xalapa). The [Laguna Verde nuclear power plant](/source/Laguna_Verde_nuclear_power_plant), Mexico's only such facility, was built near the town of [Punta Limón](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Punta_Lim%C3%B3n&action=edit&redlink=1) in Alto Lucero municipality during the 1970s.

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

## Demographics

As of 2020[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alto_Lucero&action=edit) the municipality had a population of 28,184 inhabitants in 137 localities.[1] Alto Lucero, the municipal seat, had a population of 5,243 inhabitants. Other localities includes Mesa de Guadalupe[2] (3,439 hab.), Palma Sola (3,227 hab.), Blanca Espuma (1,580 hab.) and La Reforma (1,335 hab.).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2020CENSUSALTOLUCERO_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2020CENSUSALTOLUCERO_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-2020CENSUSALTOLUCERO_1-2) [2020 Alto Lucero CENSUS](http://ceieg.veracruz.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2022/09/Alto-Lucero.CM_.Ver_.2022.4.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Mesa De Guadalupe (Veracruz) Alto Lucero de Gutiérrez Barrios"](https://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/mesa-de-guadalupe-3/). *mexico.PueblosAmerica.com* (in Spanish). 2026-01-01. Retrieved 2026-04-11.

## External links

- (in Spanish) [Alto Lucero municipal webpage](http://www.altolucero.gob.mx/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20040606091516/http://www.altolucero.gob.mx/) 2004-06-06 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- (in Spanish) [Municipal Official Information](https://web.archive.org/web/20110721171154/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=altolucero.pdf)

- [Photos with narrative of Alto Lucero, surroundings, and some wildlife](http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2006/12/10/scorpions-and-spiders-near-alto-lucero-1.html)

v t e State of Veracruz Xalapa (capital) Municipalities of Veracruz Huasteca Alta Region Chalma Chiconamel Chinampa de Gorostiza El Higo Naranjos Amatlán Ozuluama de Mascareñas Pánuco Platón Sánchez Pueblo Viejo Tamalín Tamiahua Tampico Alto Tantima Tantoyuca Tempoal de Sánchez Huasteca Baja Region Álamo Temapache Benito Juárez Castillo de Teayo Cerro Azul Chicontepec de Tejeda Chontla Citlaltépetl Huayacocotla Ilamatlán Ixcatepec Ixhuatlán de Madero Tancoco Tepetzintla Texcatepec Tlachichilco Tuxpan Zacualpan Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes Totonaca Region Cazones de Herrera Chumatlán Coahuitlán Coatzintla Coxquihui Coyutla Espinal Filomeno Mata Gutiérrez Zamora Mecatlán Papantla Poza Rica Tecolutla Tihuatlán Zozocolco de Hidalgo Nautla Region Atzalán Colipa Juchique de Ferrer Martínez de la Torre Misantla Nautla San Rafael Tenochtitlán Tlapacoyan Vega de Alatorre Yecuatla Capital Region Acajete Acatlán Actopan Alto Lucero Altotonga Apazapan Ayahualulco Banderilla Chiconquiaco Coacoatzintla Coatepec Cosautlán de Carvajal Emiliano Zapata (Dos Ríos) Ixhuacán Jalacingo Jalcomulco Jilotepec Landero y Coss Las Minas Las Vigas de Ramírez Miahuatlán Naolinco Perote Rafael Lucio Tatatila Teocelo Tepetlán Tlacolulan Tlalnelhuayocan Tonayán Villa Aldama Xalapa Xico Sotavento Region Boca del Río Cotaxtla Jamapa La Antigua (José Cardel) Manlio Fabio Altamirano Medellín Paso de Ovejas Puente Nacional Soledad de Doblado Tlalixcoyan Úrsulo Galván Veracruz Mountains Region Acultzingo Alpatláhuac Amatlán de los Reyes Aquila Astacinga Atlahuilco Atoyac Atzacan Calcahualco Camarón de Tejeda Camerino Z. Mendoza Carrillo Puerto (Tamarindo) Chocamán Coetzala Comapa Córdoba Coscomatepec Cuichapa Cuitláhuac Fortín de las Flores Huatusco Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc Ixhuatlán del Café Ixhuatlancillo Ixtaczoquitlán La Perla Los Reyes Magdalena Maltrata Mariano Escobedo Mixtla de Altamirano Naranjal Nogales Omealca Orizaba Paso del Macho Rafael Delgado Río Blanco San Andrés Tenejapan Sochiapa Soledad Atzompa Tehuipango Tenampa Tepatlaxco Tequila Texhuacán Tezonapa Tlacotepec de Mejía Tlaltetela Tlaquilpa Tlilapan Tomatlán Totutla Xoxocotla Yanga Zentla Zongolica Papaloapan Region Acula Ángel R. Cabada Alvarado Amatitlán Carlos A. Carrillo Chacaltianguis Cosamaloapan de Carpio Ignacio de la Llave Isla Ixmatlahuacan José Azueta Juan Rodríguez Clara Lerdo de Tejada Otatitlán Playa Vicente Saltabarranca Santiago Sochiapan (Xochiapa) Tierra Blanca Tlacojalpan Tlacotalpan Tres Valles Tuxtilla Los Tuxtlas Region Catemaco San Andrés Tuxtla Santiago Tuxtla Hueyapan de Ocampo Olmeca Region Acayucan Agua Dulce Chinameca Coatzacoalcos Cosoleacaque Hidalgotitlán Ixhuatlán del Sureste Jáltipan Jesús Carranza Las Choapas Mecayapan Minatitlán Moloacán Nanchital Oluta Oteapan Pajapan San Juan Evangelista Sayula de Alemán Soconusco Soteapan Tatahuicapan Texistepec Uxpanapa Zaragoza

This article about a location in the Mexican state of Veracruz is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

- [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Veracruz-geo-stub)
- [t](/source/Template_talk%3AVeracruz-geo-stub)
- [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Veracruz-geo-stub)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alto Lucero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_Lucero) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_Lucero?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.