Cosamaloapan is a city located in the plains of the Sotavento zone in the central zone of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 240 km from Xalapa, the state capital. It has a surface of 323.26 km2. It is located at 18°22′N 95°48′W / 18.367°N 95.800°W.
The poet Manuel Carpio was born in Cosamaloapan. Cosamaloapan serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Cosamaloapan de Carpio, which was so renamed in honour of its most famous son in 1918.
Geography edit
The municipality of Cosamaloapan is delimited to the north by Tierra Blanca and Ixmatlahuacan to the south by Chacaltianguis and Tuxtilla to the east by Carlos A. Carrillo and to the west by Tres Valles.[1] It is watered by small creeks of the river Papaloapan.
The weather in Cosamaloapan is warm and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.
Agriculture edit
It produces principally maize, beans, sugarcane, watermelon and green chile.
Celebrations edit
In Cosamaloapan, in May takes place the celebration in honor of the Virgen de la Concepción, Patron of the town, and in December takes place the celebration in honor of the Virgen de Guadalupe.
References edit
- ^ Ignacio de la Llave. "Estado de Veracruz: Cosamalopan". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz. Archived from the original on 2007-05-19. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
External links edit
- (in Spanish) Municipal Official webpage
- (in Spanish) Municipal Official Information
18°22′N 95°48′W / 18.367°N 95.800°W
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