Paso de Ovejas

{{refimprove|auto=yes|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Paso de Ovejas |native_name =  |native_name_lang =  |settlement_type = City and municipality |image_skyline = File:20190526 EL GUAYABAL.jpg |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = "El Guayabal" dam |image_flag = |flag_alt = |image_seal = |seal_alt = |image_shield = |shield_alt = |etymology = |nickname = |motto = |image_map = |map_alt = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates = {{coord|19.285|N|96.440|W|type:city|display=inline,title}} |coor_pinpoint = |coordinates_footnotes = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Mexico]] |subdivision_type1 = [[States of Mexico|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Veracruz]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |seat_type = |seat = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |governing_body = |leader_party = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |unit_pref = Metric   |area_footnotes = |area_urban_footnotes =  |area_rural_footnotes =  |area_metro_footnotes =  |area_note = |area_water_percent = |area_rank = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank2_title =  |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_urban_km2 = |area_rural_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank2_km2 =  |area_total_ha = |area_land_ha = |area_water_ha = |area_urban_ha = |area_rural_ha = |area_metro_ha = |area_blank1_ha = |area_blank2_ha = |length_km = |width_km = |dimensions_footnotes = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2020 |population_blank2 = 7468 (2<span>0</span>10) |population_blank2_title = Seat |population_blank1 = 33422 |population_blank1_title = Municipality |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone1 = [[Time in Mexico|Central]] |utc_offset1 = -6 |timezone1_DST = |utc_offset1_DST = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code_type = |area_code = |area_codes =  |iso_code = |website = {{URL|pasodeovejas.emunicipios.gob.mx/}} |module = |footnotes = }} '''Paso de Ovejas''' (Spanish: Sheep's Crossway) is a city in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[List of states of Mexico|state]] of [[Veracruz]]. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.

Paso de Ovejas is bordered by [[La Antigua, Veracruz|La Antigua]], [[Veracruz (city)|the port of Veracruz]], and [[Puente Nacional, Veracruz|Puente Nacional]]. It is on the railroad and on [[Mexican Federal Highway|Federal Highways 180 and 190]].

The city of Paso de Ovejas, along with the city of [[Catemaco]], [[Veracruz]], was one of two cities used for most of the filming of ''[[Apocalypto]]'' (a 2006 film produced by [[Mel Gibson]]).

Its population is 33,442 people in 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.economia.gob.mx/datamexico/en/profile/geo/paso-de-ovejas | title=Paso de Ovejas: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety }}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.economia.gob.mx/datamexico/en/profile/geo/paso-de-ovejas Paso de Ovejas: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety] ([[Secretariat of the Economy]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paso De Ovejas, Veracruz}} [[Category:Populated places in Veracruz]]