Alvarado, Veracruz

Alvarado, Veracruz
City
Ilustre, Heroica y Generosa Ciudad y Puerto de Alvarado
Statue at the Municipal Plaza
Coat of arms
Motto: Ilustre, Heroica y Generosa (Illustrious, Heroic and Generous)
Alvarado, Veracruz
Coordinates:
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Region	Papaloapan
Municipality	Alvarado
Founded	1518 (as San Cristóbal de Alvarado)
Town status	1816
City status	1878
Founded by	Pedro de Alvarado
Colonias	21 21 de Abril Alvarado Centro El Pescador Escolleras Infonavit La Fuente La Trocha Las Aneas Loma del Chile Lomas del Rosario Los Aguacates Los Carriles Los Framboyanes Luz del Carmen Magisterial Marigalante Pantanal Paso Nacional Valente Cruz Villas Alvarado Vista Hermosa
Government
• Mayor	Octavio Ruiz Barroso (PRD)
• Syndic	Julián Camacho Gil
Area
• Total	840 km2 (320 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	22,330
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code	95250, 95270, 95272, 95274 to 95278
Area code(s)	297
HDI (2002)	0.77987 (medium)
Demonym	Alvaradian (Spanish: alvaradeño(a))
Climate	Aw
Website	ayuntamientodealvarado.gob.mx

The Alvarado Bridge over the Papaloapan river

Alvarado (officially: Ilustre, Heroica y Generosa Ciudad y Puerto de Alvarado) is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located 64 km (40 mi) from the city of Veracruz, Veracruz, on Federal Highways 180 and 125. Alvarado is bordered by Boca del Río, Tlalixcoyan, Medellín, Ignacio de la Llave, Ciudad Lerdo de Tejada, Tlacotalpan and Acula. It is 10 m (33 ft) above sea level. It lies in the so-called "Region Papaloapan" bordered on the south by the municipalities of Acula, Tlacotalpan and Lerdo de Tejada, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico and on the west by Ignacio de la Llave.

The geographic size of Alvarado is 840 square kilometres (320 sq mi).

The INEGI said that the population by 2000 was 22,608 people.

Alvarado was founded in the 16th century. In 1518, Pedro de Alvarado arrived to Atlizintla and name the town and river after himself. Then in 1563, Juan de Sahagún built the port of Alvarado. It was used to transport food to other countries.

Major products of Alvarado are coffee, fruits, and sugar. The economy of this region is based on fishing and farming. Sugar cane and coffee are common products of this region.

External links

• (Spanish) Municipal Official Site
• Pictures of Alvarado. [1]