Veracruz

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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.

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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
Nahuan languages
surface form: Náhuatl

Popoluca
Totonac
Zapotec
hasIndigenousPeople Huastec
surface form: Huastec people

Nahua
surface form: Nahua people

Olmec civilization
surface form: Olmec (historical)

Popoluca
surface form: Popoluca people

Totonac
surface form: Totonac people
hasLargestCity Veracruz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Veracruz (city)
hasMajorPort Port of Veracruz
hasMountainRange Sierra Madre Oriental
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
hasRegion Huastec
surface form: Huasteca Veracruzana

Los Tuxtlas
Montañas Centrales
Sotavento
Totonicapán coastal plain
hasRiver Actopan River
Coatzacoalcos River
Papaloapan River
Pánuco River basin
surface form: Pánuco River

Tecolutla River
hasUNESCOSite El Tajín
hasVolcano Pico de Orizaba
highestPoint Pico de Orizaba
historicalEvent Spanish landing of Hernán Cortés in 1519
knownFor Carnival
surface form: 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 Mexico
surface form: United Mexican States
timeZone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time
wasPartOf Viceroyalty of New Spain

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Sierra Madre de Oaxaca locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Veracruz
this entity surface form: state of Veracruz
Parque Castillo locatedIn Veracruz
Parque Castillo state Veracruz
Los Tuxtlas locatedIn Veracruz
Instituto Tecnológico de Orizaba countrySubdivision Veracruz
this entity surface form: State of Veracruz
Cerro del Borrego locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Veracruz
this entity surface form: State of Veracruz
Cerro del Borrego touristRegion Veracruz
this entity surface form: central Veracruz
Orizaba metropolitan area locatedInRegion Veracruz
this entity surface form: central Veracruz
Orizaba metropolitan area isPartOf Veracruz
this entity surface form: state of Veracruz
Tecolutla River locatedIn Veracruz
Tecolutla River flowsThrough Veracruz
Cathedral of San Miguel Arcángel locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Veracruz
subject surface form: Cathedral of San Miguel Arcángel (Orizaba)
Nogales, Veracruz locatedIn Veracruz
Nogales, Veracruz locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Veracruz
this entity surface form: State of Veracruz
Gulf Coast regions contains Veracruz
this entity surface form: Veracruz (state)
Otomi peoples region Veracruz
Otomi spokenInState Veracruz
Papaloapan River flowsThrough Veracruz
Papaloapan River region Veracruz
Papaloapan River locatedIn Veracruz
this entity surface form: State of Veracruz
Modern Nahuatl spokenIn Veracruz
Eastern Nahuatl region Veracruz
Tepehua people indigenousTo Veracruz
Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico partOf Veracruz
this entity surface form: State of Veracruz
Tepehua region Veracruz
this entity surface form: state of Veracruz
Tepehua spokenIn Veracruz
subject surface form: Pisaflores Tepehua
Tepehua spokenIn Veracruz
subject surface form: Tlachichilco Tepehua
Tres Zapotes locatedIn Veracruz
Laguna de los Cerros locatedIn Veracruz
this entity surface form: state of Veracruz
municipality of Huimanguillo borderedBy Veracruz
this entity surface form: state of Veracruz
Colossal Heads locatedIn Veracruz
Granma departureState Veracruz
Granma landing origin Veracruz
Mazatec languages spokenIn Veracruz