Apazapan

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'''Apazapan''' is a [[Municipalities of Veracruz|municipality]] in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[List of states of Mexico|state]] of [[Veracruz]]. It is located about 65 km from state capital [[Xalapa]]. It has a surface of 65.80 km<sup>2</sup>. It is located at {{coord|19|19|N|96|43|W|}}. Apazapan was a population totonac in the days of the Spanish conquest that preserved the indigenous language up to the 19th century and there was one of the points marked in the Codex Dehesa, when the Nonoalcos de Zongolíca, crossed Cocolapa, Coscomatepec, Tepeyehualco, Chiconquiaco and for Apazapan they returned to Zongolíca. During the 16th century, it belonged to the marquisate of Paxaca's Valley started to Hernán Cortés.

==Geography==

The municipality of ''' Apazapan ''' is delimited to the north and to the east by [[Emiliano Zapata, Veracruz|Emiliano Zapata]], to the south-east by [[Puente Nacional, Veracruz|Puente Nacional]], to the south-west by [[Tlaltetela]] and to the west by [[Jalcomulco]].<ref name="e-local">{{cite web|url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30017a.htm |title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Apazapan |publisher= Gobierno Estatal |language=es |access-date=2009-06-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401104717/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30017a.htm |archive-date=2007-04-01 }}</ref> It is watered by the river of Los Pescados or of La Antigua.

The weather in ''' Apazapan ''' is warm and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

==Demographics== {{As of|2020}}, the municipality had a population of 4,709 inhabitants in 11 localities.<ref name=2020CENSUSAPAZAPAN>[http://ceieg.veracruz.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2022/09/Apazapan.CM_.Ver_.2022.4.pdf2020 Apazapan CENSUS]</ref> About 17% resides in the municipal seat; other localities include Chahuapan (931 hab.), Cerro Colorado (911 hab.), Tigrillos (719 hab.) and Agua Caliente (599 hab.).<ref name=2020CENSUSAPAZAPAN/>

==Agriculture==

1,245 ha of the municipality are used for agricultural activity. Main products include maize, lemons and mangoes.<ref name=2020CENSUSAPAZAPAN/>

==Celebrations==

In ''' Apazapan ''', in July takes place the celebration in honor to Santo Tomás Apostol, Patron of the town, and in December takes place the celebration in honor to Virgen de Guadalupe.

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== External links ==

* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.apazapan.gob.mx Municipal Official webpage] * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721171356/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153%2C4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=apazapan.pdf Municipal Official Information]

[[Category:Municipalities of Veracruz]]