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Mountains Region
Region of Veracruz, Mexico
The Mountains Region is one of the regions of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range and includes the Pico de Orizaba, an active volcano and Mexico's highest mountain. Its largest cities are Córdoba and Orizaba.
01Municipalities
| Municipality code |
Name | Population | Land Area | Population density | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Rank | km2 | sq mi | Rank | 2020 | Rank | ||
| 006 | Acultzingo | 23,100 | 23 | 168.9 | 65.2 | 10 | 137/km2 (354/sq mi) | 43 |
| 008 | Alpatláhuac | 10,338 | 38 | 70.9 | 27.4 | 27 | 146/km2 (378/sq mi) | 39 |
| 014 | Amatlán de los Reyes | 46,955 | 8 | 151.4 | 58.5 | 13 | 310/km2 (803/sq mi) | 19 |
| 018 | Aquila | 1,978 | 57 | 20.7 | 8.0 | 49 | 96/km2 (247/sq mi) | 49 |
| 019 | Astacinga | 6,909 | 43 | 29.8 | 11.5 | 44 | 232/km2 (600/sq mi) | 25 |
| 020 | Atlahuilco | 11,577 | 37 | 62.2 | 24.0 | 34 | 186/km2 (482/sq mi) | 29 |
| 021 | Atoyac | 23,461 | 21 | 122.8 | 47.4 | 20 | 191/km2 (495/sq mi) | 32 |
| 022 | Atzacan | 22,651 | 24 | 63.4 | 24.5 | 33 | 346/km2 (346/km2) | 16 |
| 029 | Calcahualco | 13,701 | 33 | 134.1 | 51.8 | 17 | 102/km2 (265/sq mi) | 47 |
| 007 | Camarón de Tejeda | 6,538 | 44 | 124.1 | 47.9 | 19 | 53/km2 (136/sq mi) | 56 |
| 030 | Camerino Z. Mendoza | 41,835 | 10 | 20.9 | 8.1 | 48 | 2,002/km2 (5,184/sq mi) | 3 |
| 031 | Carrillo Puerto | 18,888 | 27 | 249.7 | 96.4 | 6 | 76/km2 (196/sq mi) | 51 |
| 062 | Chocamán | 20,839 | 25 | 44.3 | 17.1 | 39 | 470/km2 (1,218/sq mi) | 12 |
| 041 | Coetzala | 2,355 | 56 | 9.4 | 3.6 | 57 | 251/km2 (649/sq mi) | 21 |
| 043 | Comapa | 19,876 | 26 | 310.9 | 120.0 | 3 | 64/km2 (166/sq mi) | 54 |
| 044 | Córdoba | 204,721 | 1 | 159.9 | 61.7 | 11 | 1,280/km2 (3,316/sq mi) | 4 |
| 047 | Coscomatepec | 59,471 | 6 | 158.1 | 61.0 | 12 | 376/km2 (974/sq mi) | 15 |
| 052 | Cuichapa | 11,869 | 36 | 34.7 | 13.4 | 42 | 342/km2 (886/sq mi) | 17 |
| 053 | Cuitláhuac | 28,075 | 17 | 150.3 | 58.0 | 14 | 187/km2 (484/sq mi) | 28 |
| 068 | Fortín | 66,372 | 4 | 61.2 | 23.6 | 35 | 1,085/km2 (2,809/sq mi) | 5 |
| 071 | Huatusco | 59,920 | 5 | 202.9 | 78.3 | 8 | 295/km2 (765/sq mi) | 20 |
| 074 | Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc | 7,293 | 41 | 18.7 | 7.2 | 51 | 390/km2 (1,010/sq mi) | 13 |
| 080 | Ixhuatlán del Café | 23,132 | 22 | 129.3 | 49.9 | 18 | 179/km2 (463/sq mi) | 33 |
| 081 | Ixhuatlancillo | 27,295 | 18 | 52.4 | 20.2 | 38 | 521/km2 (1,349/sq mi) | 10 |
| 085 | Ixtaczoquitlán | 74,004 | 3 | 137.4 | 53.1 | 16 | 539/km2 (1,395/sq mi) | 9 |
| 127 | La Perla | 28,258 | 16 | 137.9 | 53.2 | 15 | 205/km2 (531/sq mi) | 26 |
| 137 | Los Reyes | 6,308 | 46 | 34.2 | 13.2 | 43 | 184/km2 (478/sq mi) | 30 |
| 098 | Magdalena | 3,299 | 54 | 13.8 | 5.3 | 55 | 239/km2 (619/sq mi) | 24 |
| 099 | Maltrata | 18,327 | 28 | 110.6 | 42.7 | 22 | 166/km2 (429/sq mi) | 35 |
| 101 | Mariano Escobedo | 38,670 | 12 | 69.5 | 26.8 | 28 | 556/km2 (1,441/sq mi) | 8 |
| 110 | Mixtla de Altamirano | 12,125 | 35 | 66.5 | 25.7 | 29 | 182/km2 (472/sq mi) | 31 |
| 113 | Naranjal | 4,614 | 50 | 18.6 | 7.2 | 52 | 248/km2 (642/sq mi) | 22 |
| 115 | Nogales | 37,314 | 13 | 64.4 | 24.9 | 32 | 579/km2 (1,501/sq mi) | 7 |
| 117 | Omealca | 23,773 | 20 | 213.8 | 82.5 | 7 | 111/km2 (288/sq mi) | 45 |
| 118 | Orizaba | 123,182 | 2 | 27.7 | 10.7 | 45 | 4,447/km2 (11,518/sq mi) | 1 |
| 125 | Paso del Macho | 31,894 | 14 | 400.6 | 154.7 | 2 | 80/km2 (206/sq mi) | 50 |
| 135 | Rafael Delgado | 24,127 | 19 | 26.4 | 10.2 | 45 | 914/km2 (2,367/sq mi) | 6 |
| 138 | Río Blanco | 41,795 | 11 | 15.2 | 5.9 | 54 | 2,750/km2 (7,122/sq mi) | 2 |
| 140 | San Andrés Tenejapan | 3,134 | 55 | 21.9 | 8.5 | 47 | 143/km2 (371/sq mi) | 41 |
| 146 | Sochiapa | 3,925 | 53 | 16.3 | 6.3 | 53 | 241/km2 (624/sq mi) | 23 |
| 147 | Soledad Atzompa | 4,433 | 51 | 114.7 | 44.3 | 21 | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | 57 |
| 159 | Tehuipango | 29,686 | 15 | 87.9 | 33.9 | 25 | 338/km2 (875/sq mi) | 27 |
| 162 | Tenampa | 6,448 | 45 | 65.2 | 25.2 | 31 | 99/km2 (256/sq mi) | 48 |
| 165 | Tepatlaxco | 8,925 | 39 | 60.2 | 23.2 | 36 | 148/km2 (384/sq mi) | 38 |
| 168 | Tequila | 16,343 | 32 | 100 | 39 | 23 | 163/km2 (423/sq mi) | 34 |
| 171 | Texhuacán | 5,575 | 48 | 42.7 | 16.5 | 40 | 131/km2 (338/sq mi) | 44 |
| 173 | Tezonapa | 54,537 | 7 | 522.5 | 201.7 | 1 | 104/km2 (270/sq mi) | 46 |
| 179 | Tlacotepec de Mejía | 4,284 | 52 | 65.3 | 25.2 | 30 | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) | 53 |
| 024 | Tlaltetela | 16,485 | 31 | 277.8 | 107.3 | 5 | 59/km2 (154/sq mi) | 55 |
| 184 | Tlaquilpa | 7,933 | 40 | 56.4 | 21.8 | 37 | 141/km2 (364/sq mi) | 42 |
| 185 | Tlilapan | 5,548 | 49 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 56 | 495/km2 (1,283/sq mi) | 11 |
| 186 | Tomatlán | 7,197 | 42 | 18.8 | 7.3 | 50 | 383/km2 (991/sq mi) | 14 |
| 188 | Totutla | 17,217 | 30 | 97.9 | 37.8 | 24 | 176/km2 (455/sq mi) | 18 |
| 195 | Xoxocotla | 5,900 | 47 | 37.4 | 14.4 | 41 | 158/km2 (409/sq mi) | 37 |
| 196 | Yanga | 17,902 | 29 | 87.9 | 33.9 | 26 | 204/km2 (527/sq mi) | 40 |
| 200 | Zentla | 12,581 | 34 | 178.1 | 68.8 | 9 | 71/km2 (183/sq mi) | 52 |
| 201 | Zongolica | 45,028 | 9 | 282.6 | 109.1 | 4 | 159/km2 (413/sq mi) | 36 |
| Montañas Region | 1,499,920 | , | 6,032 | 2,328.97 | , | 249/km2 (644/sq mi) | , | |
| Source: INEGI | ||||||||
Largest cities
| Largest cities or towns in Mountains Region Source: | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Municipality | Pop. | |||||||
| 1 | Córdoba | Córdoba | 139,075 | ||||||
| 2 | Orizaba | Orizaba | 120,500 | ||||||
| 3 | Río Blanco | Río Blanco | 41,785 | ||||||
| 4 | Ciudad Mendoza | Camerino Z. Mendoza | 34,847 | ||||||
| 5 | Huastusco de Chicuellar | Huatusco | 33,402 | ||||||
| 6 | Ixtaczoquitlán | Ixtaczoquitlán | 30,131 | ||||||
| 7 | Fortín de las Flores | Fortín | 21,708 | ||||||
| 8 | Nogales | Nogales | 21,261 | ||||||
| 9 | Amatlán de los Reyes | Amatlán de los Reyes | 22,798 | ||||||
| 10 | Coscomatepec de Bravo | Coscomatepec | 16,364 | ||||||
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