{{Short description|Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = |name = Tlacojalpan |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Mexico|Municipality]] |total_type = Municipality |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |image_shield = |pushpin_map = Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |pushpin_label_position = above |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Mexico <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico]] |subdivision_type1 = [[States of Mexico|State]] |subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Veracruz}} [[Veracruz]] <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = |established_title1 = Founded as |established_date1 = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |founder = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_density_blank1_km2 = auto |population_demonym = {{in lang|es}} <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[Central Standard Time|CST]] |utc_offset = −6 |timezone_DST = [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]] |utc_offset_DST = −5 |coordinates = |elevation_point = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |footnotes = }} '''Tlacojalpan''' is a [[Municipalities of Veracruz|municipality]] in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[List of states of Mexico|state]] of [[Veracruz]], about {{convert|175|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the state capital [[Xalapa]]. It has a surface of 91.30 km2. It is located at {{coord|18|14|N|95|57|W|}}.
==Name== The name comes from the language Náhuatl, Tlahco-xal-pan; that means "In the half of the sandbank".
==Geography==
The municipality of Tlacojalpan is delimited to the north by [[Cosamaloapan de Carpio|Cosamaloapan]], to the east by [[Tuxtilla]], to the south by [[Oaxaca]] State and to the west by [[Otatitlán]].<ref name="e-local">{{cite web|url= http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30176a.htm |title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Tlacojalpan |publisher=Gobierno Estatal|language=es|access-date=2009-06-16}}</ref> It is watered by creeks that are tributaries of the [[Papaloapan River]].
The weather in Tlacojalpan is very warm and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.
==Agriculture==
It produces principally [[maize]], [[beans]], [[rice]], [[sugarcane]] and [[mango]].
==Celebrations==
In Tlacojalpan, in January takes place the celebration in honor to San Cristobal, 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.tlacojalpan.gob.mx Municipal Official webpage] * {{in lang|es}} [http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=tlacojalpan.pdf Municipal Official Information]
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