Jamapa

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = | name = Jamapa | other_name = | native_name =  | nickname = | settlement_type = | total_type = Municipality and City | motto =  | image_skyline = Afueras de la ciudad de Jamapa.jpg | image_caption = Outside the city of Jamapa, from the Córdoba–Veracruz highway | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = Escudo de Jamapa.jpg | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Mexico Veracruz#Mexico | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Mexico | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Mexico}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States of Mexico|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Veracruz]] | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = [[Sotavento Region]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 =  | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_party = [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]] | leader_title = [[Municipal president|Mayor]] | leader_name = Victor Enedino Morales Castro | leader_title1 =  | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 =  | area_magnitude = | unit_pref =  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 132.4 | area_land_km2 =  | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi =  | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 11,132 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Seat | population_blank1 = 4,677  | population_blank2_title = | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | timezone = [[Time in Mexico|Central]] [[Central Standard Time Zone|(US Central)]] | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = Central | utc_offset_DST = -5 | coordinates = {{coord|19|02|28|N|96|14|28|W|region:MX|display=inline,title}} | elevation_point = | elevation_m = 18 | elevation_ft =  | postal_code_type = Postal code (of seat)  | postal_code = 94260 | area_code = | blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]] | blank_info = [[Tropical savanna climate|Aw]] | blank1_name = [[Demonym]] | blank1_info = | website = {{in lang|es}} [http://www.medellin.gob.mx Municipal Official Site] | footnotes = }} {{Historical populations |1995 | 9,135 |2000 | 9,969 |2005 | 9,772 |2010 | 10,376 |2015 | 10,361 |2020 | 11,132 |footnote=<ref name="JAMAPACENSUS2020"/> }}

'''Jamapa''' is a [[Municipalities of Veracruz|municipality]] in the [[List of Mexican states|Mexican state]] of [[Veracruz]] which stands on [[Mexican Federal Highway|Federal Highway 137]]. Its name comes from [[Nahuatl]] Xam-a-pan, meaning 'in the river of the adobes'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamapa |url=https://veracruz.mx/destino.php?Municipio=90 |website=Vercruz.mx |access-date=11 March 2020 |language=es}}</ref> The municipality was established on 17 February 1870.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamapa |url=http://siglo.inafed.gob.mx/enciclopedia/EMM30veracruz/municipios/30090a.html |website=Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de Mexico |access-date=11 March 2020 |language=es |archive-date=5 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905122157/http://siglo.inafed.gob.mx/enciclopedia/EMM30veracruz/municipios/30090a.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

It had a population 11,132 in 2020.<ref name="JAMAPACENSUS2020">{{cite web |url=http://ceieg.veracruz.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2022/09/JAMAPA.CM_.Ver_.2022.4.pdf|title=Censo Jamapa 2020 |language=es |access-date=August 1, 2023 }}</ref> Jamapa borders [[Manlio Fabio Altamirano]] to the north and west, [[Medellín]] to the north, south and east, [[Cotaxtla]] to the west and south.<ref>{{cite web |title=SISTEMA DE INFORMACIÓN MUNICIPAL CUADERNILLOS MUNICIPALES, 2016 Jamapa |url=http://ceieg.veracruz.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2016/05/Jamapa.pdf |website=Veracrus Gobierno del Estado |access-date=11 March 2020 |page=1 |language=es}}</ref>

Jamapa is very agricultural as a region;<ref>{{cite web |title=Prontuario de información geográfica municipal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Jamapa, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave Clave geoestadística 30090 |url=http://www3.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/app/mexicocifras/datos_geograficos/30/30090.pdf |website=[[INEGI]] |access-date=11 March 2020 |language=es |date=2009}}</ref> major products are corn, coffee, fruits, and sugar.

On 10 November 2020, municipal president Florisel Ríos Delfín (a [[Party of the Democratic Revolution|PRD]] member) was kidnapped and assassinated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zavaleta |first1=Noé |title=Plagian y asesinan a la alcaldesa de Jamapa, en Veracruz |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2020/11/11/plagian-asesinan-la-alcaldesa-de-jamapa-en-veracruz-252538.html |access-date=November 11, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=November 11, 2020 |language=es}}</ref> Her body was found in [[Medellín de Bravo]] the next day.<ref>{{cite web |title=Florisel Ríos Delfín, Mayor of Jamapa in Veracruz executed |url=https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/11/florisel-rios-delfin-mayor-of-jamapa-in-veracruz-executed/ |website=Yucatan Times |access-date=13 May 2021 |date=12 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Female Mayor of Jamapa is Kidnapped and Murdered |url=https://justiceinmexico.org/female-mayor-jamapa-murdered/ |website=Justice in Mexico |access-date=13 May 2021 |date=2 December 2020}}</ref>

== External links == {{Portal|Mexico}} {{Reflist}} * [http://www.jamapa.gob.mx/ Jamapa municipal government web site] * {{in lang|es}} [http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=jamapa.pdf Municipal Official Information]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

[[Category:Populated places in Veracruz]]