Veracruz

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federative entity of Mexico state of Mexico

Veracruz is a coastal state in eastern Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico, known for its major port city, rich colonial and indigenous history, and diverse geography ranging from tropical lowlands to high mountains.

Aliases (8)

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federative entity of Mexico → state of Mexico →
borders	Chiapas → Hidalgo → Oaxaca → Puebla → San Luis Potosí → Tabasco → Tamaulipas →
bordersBodyOfWater	Gulf of Mexico →
climate	humid subtropical → mountain temperate → tropical →
country	Mexico →
executiveHead	Governor of Veracruz →
governmentType	state government within federal republic →
hasArchaeologicalSite	Cempoala → El Tajín → Quiahuiztlán → San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán →
hasCapital	Xalapa →
hasCuisineSpecialty	arroz a la tumbada → pescado a la veracruzana → seafood dishes →
hasDemonym	jarocho → veracruzano →
hasIndigenousLanguages	Huastec → Mazatec → Náhuatl → Popoluca → Totonac → Zapotec →
hasIndigenousPeople	Huastec people → Nahua people → Olmec (historical) → Popoluca people → Totonac people →
hasLargestCity	Veracruz (city) →
hasMajorPort	Port of Veracruz →
hasMountainRange	Sierra Madre Oriental → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt →
hasRegion	Huasteca Veracruzana → Los Tuxtlas → Montañas Centrales → Sotavento → Totonicapán coastal plain →
hasRiver	Actopan River → Coatzacoalcos River → Papaloapan River → Pánuco River → Tecolutla River →
hasUNESCOSite	El Tajín →
hasVolcano	Pico de Orizaba →
highestPoint	Pico de Orizaba →
historicalEvent	Spanish landing of Hernán Cortés in 1519 →
knownFor	Veracruz Carnival → coffee production → indigenous cultures → major commercial port → petroleum industry → rich colonial history → son jarocho music → sugarcane production →
legislativeBody	Congress of Veracruz →
locatedIn	eastern Mexico →
locatedOnBodyOfWater	Gulf of Mexico →
officialLanguage	Spanish →
partOf	United Mexican States →
timeZone	Central Standard Time →
wasPartOf	Viceroyalty of New Spain →

Referenced by (79)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Actopan River ("Mexican state of Veracruz") → Cofre de Perote → Gran Glaciar Norte → Orizaba → Pico de Orizaba → Port of Veracruz → Port of Veracruz ("State of Veracruz") → Quiahuiztlán → Sotavento → Sotavento ("southern Veracruz") → Xalapa ("State of Veracruz") →	locatedIn
Mazatec → Oto-Manguean languages → Popoluca ("state of Veracruz") → Veracruz Spanish →	spokenIn
Hidalgo → State of Mexico → Tabasco →	borders
Instituto Tecnológico de Orizaba ("State of Veracruz") → La Pluviosilla ("State of Veracruz") → Río Blanco, Veracruz ("State of Veracruz") →	countrySubdivision
Cerro del Borrego ("State of Veracruz") → Sierra Madre de Oaxaca ("state of Veracruz") → Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Mexican Federal Highway 190 → Sierra Madre Oriental → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt →	passesThrough
Chiapas → Tamaulipas →	bordersMexicanState
Oaxaca → State of Chiapas →	bordersState
Pánuco River basin → Star Mountain →	locatedInState
Siege of Veracruz → Siege of Veracruz ("Veracruz, Mexico") →	location
Carlos Ruiz → Luis Hernández →	memberOfSportsTeam
Museo de Arte del Estado de Veracruz (Orizaba) ("State of Veracruz") → Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz ("Vera Cruz") →	namedAfter
Nahua → Quiahuiztlán ("central Veracruz") →	region
Cofre de Perote ("State of Veracruz") →	administrativeRegion
Governor of Veracruz ("State of Veracruz") →	appliesToJurisdiction
State of Oaxaca ("State of Veracruz") →	borderedBy
San Luis Potosí →	bordersWith
Xalapa ("State of Veracruz") →	capitalOf
Cuauhtémoc Blanco →	club
Mexican Constitution of 1824 ("State of Veracruz") →	createdState
Miguel Herrera →	employer
TAR Aerolíneas →	focusCity
Hernán Cortés →	founded
Congress of Veracruz ("State of Veracruz") →	governs
Gulf of Mexico →	hasCoastlineIn
Veracruz ("Veracruz (city)") →	hasLargestCity
Puebla FC →	hasRival
Southern Mexico →	hasSubregion
Mexico Time Zones →	includesRegion
Eastern Mexico →	includesState
Star Mountain →	isOnBorderBetween
Orizaba metropolitan area ("state of Veracruz") →	isPartOf
Congress of Veracruz ("State of Veracruz") →	jurisdiction
Montañas Centrales ("state of Veracruz") →	locatedInAdministrativeDivision
Municipality of Orizaba ("State of Veracruz") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Orizaba metropolitan area ("central Veracruz") →	locatedInRegion
Afro-Mexicans →	majorRegion
Viceroyalty of New Spain →	notablePort
Museo de Arte del Estado de Veracruz (Orizaba) ("State of Veracruz") →	operatedBy
Las Altas Montañas region of Veracruz ("State of Veracruz") →	partOf
Cartas de Relación →	placeDescribed
Carlos Ruiz →	playedFor
Puebla FC →	playsDerbyAgainst
Zapotec →	populationRegion
Spanish galleon trade →	port
Siege of Veracruz →	portCity
Port of Veracruz →	servesCity
Huastec →	spokenInState
Quiahuiztlán ("State of Veracruz") →	stateParty
Miguel Herrera →	teamManaged
Cerro del Borrego ("central Veracruz") →	touristRegion