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(February 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico Tezonapa Municipality Avenida Principal in Tezonapa Map showing Tezonapa within Veracruz Country Mexico State Veracruz Region Mountains Region Created December 22, 1960 (1960-12-22) Area • Total 351 km2 (136 sq mi) Population (2020) • Total 54,537 • Seat 5,653 **Tezonapa** is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Veracruz) located in the high mountain region in the [Mexican state](/source/List_of_states_of_Mexico) of [Veracruz](/source/Veracruz), about 219 km from the state capital [Xalapa](/source/Xalapa). It covers an area of 351 square kilometres (136 mi2). [18°36′N 96°41′W / 18.600°N 96.683°W / 18.600; -96.683](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tezonapa¶ms=18_36_N_96_41_W_)Law 93 of December 22, 1960, in San Agustín, created Tezonapa's municipality, comprising the congregations of the Josefinas, Prison, Tezonapa, Palmarito, etc. ## Geography The municipality of Tezonapa is delimited to the north by [Omealca](/source/Omealca) and to the east and south by [Puebla](/source/Puebla) State.[1] The region close to town is watered by the [San Jerónimo](/source/Balsas_River) and Santiago rivers, which are tributaries to the [Tonto River](/source/Tonto_River), which in turn is a tributary to the [Presa Miguel Aleman](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presa_Miguel_Aleman&action=edit&redlink=1), better known as La Presa de Temazcal, linked to the [Rio Papaloapan](/source/Papaloapan_River). The weather is hot and humid all year, with rain in summer and autumn. From late April to late May, the dry season creates a hot, dry environment, followed by the storm season, which averages rainfall of 2,000 millimeters. ## Agriculture The region produces [maize](/source/Maize), [beans](/source/Beans), [orange fruit](/source/Orange_fruit), [sugarcane](/source/Sugarcane) and [coffee](/source/Coffee). [Sugarcane](/source/Sugarcane) has been the main agricultural product, second to coffee, followed by seasonal fruits such as mango, papaya, banana, orange, mamey, etc. ## Celebrations In June, the celebration in honor of Corpus Christy takes place, and in December, the celebration in honor of La Virgen de Guadalupe takes place. The locals do long "peregrinaciones" (pilgrimage) to La Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City and back.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Roads Tezonapa is linked to [Cordoba](/source/C%C3%B3rdoba%2C_Veracruz) and [Tierra Blanca](/source/Tierra_Blanca%2C_Veracruz) by paved roads, although the Tezonapa - Vicente Camalote section is bad, most of the rest is okay. From Tezonapa, you can get to many towns in the mountains: La Luisa, La Union, Laguna Chica, San Agustin, Posorrones, Palmarito, Las Josefinas, El Vado, etc... In Laguna Chica, the roads part ways to La Raya Licona and Almilinga, all the way to Tlacotepec de Diaz, [Puebla](/source/Puebla). ## Economy Tezonapa is home to the Ingenio Azucarero Constancia S.A. de C.V. (Sugarcane Processing Plant), which provides much needed jobs to locals. La Zafra ([Sugarcane](/source/Sugarcane) harvest), which in turn provides hundreds of jobs to people living in towns across the region, and both industries are the economic backbone of the entire region, followed by smaller jobs created by agriculture, construction, markets, etc. ## Transportation Autobuses del Palmar, with its headquarters in town, is the only company providing transportation services in the region. They have many destinations, including Tierra Blanca, Cordoba, Tlacotepec de Diaz, Palmar, Las Josefinas, Monte Alto, Almilinga, El Triunfo, Colonia Vicente Guerrero, etc, covering many small towns along their routes.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-e-local_1-0)** ["Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Tezonapa"](http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30173a.htm) (in Spanish). Gobierno Estatal. Retrieved 2009-06-16. ## External links - (in Spanish) [Municipal Official webpage](http://www.tezonapa.gob.mx) - (in Spanish) [Municipal Official Information](http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=tezonapa.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120325112856/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=tezonapa.pdf) 2012-03-25 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 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. 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