Port of Veracruz

E79458
port city seaport

The Port of Veracruz is one of Mexico’s oldest and most important seaports, serving as a key hub for international trade on the Gulf of Mexico.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Port of Veracruz canonical 8
Puerto de Veracruz 1
Veracruz was Mexico’s principal Gulf Coast port 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf port city ⓘ
seaport ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
connectedBy federal highways of Mexico ⓘ
railway network of Mexico ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
coordinates 19.2000°N 96.1333°W ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
countrySubdivision Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Mexico Basin
economicRole key node in North American supply chains ⓘ
major logistics hub for Mexican industry ⓘ
foundedBy Spanish colonists ⓘ
handlesTrafficType bulk carriers ⓘ
cargo ships ⓘ
container ships ⓘ
cruise ships ⓘ
ro-ro vessels ⓘ
hasCargoType agricultural products ⓘ
automobiles ⓘ
bulk cargo ⓘ
container ⓘ
general cargo ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ
petroleum products ⓘ
hasFacility bulk cargo terminal ⓘ
container terminal ⓘ
cruise ship terminal ⓘ
customs facilities ⓘ
rail connections ⓘ
ro-ro terminal ⓘ
road connections ⓘ
ship repair facilities ⓘ
warehouses ⓘ
hasHarborType artificial harbor ⓘ
natural harbor ⓘ
hasNearbyAirport General Heriberto Jara International Airport ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the oldest ports in Mexico ⓘ
principal colonial port of New Spain on the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
isMajorGatewayFor Mexican foreign trade ⓘ
exports from Mexico ⓘ
imports to Mexico ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Veracruz ⓘ
surface form: State of Veracruz

Veracruz ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Bay of Campeche

Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
managedBy Administración Portuaria Integral de Veracruz ⓘ
opened 16th century ⓘ
partOf Gulf Coast of Mexico ⓘ
portCodeUNLOCODE MXVER ⓘ
servesCity Veracruz ⓘ
servesRegion Greater Mexico City metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Mexico City metropolitan area

central Mexico ⓘ
eastern Mexico ⓘ
timezone UTC−06:00 ⓘ
timezoneDST UTC−05:00 ⓘ
wasKeyPortDuring French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ
Spanish colonial period ⓘ
United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Veracruz → hasMajorPort → Port of Veracruz ⓘ
eastern Mexico → hasPort → Port of Veracruz ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Mexico
Gulf Coast of Mexico → hasMajorPort → Port of Veracruz ⓘ
Port of Progreso → connectsTo → Port of Veracruz ⓘ
Veracruz City → hasPort → Port of Veracruz ⓘ
Gulf Coast theater of the Mexican–American War → hasKeyPort → Port of Veracruz ⓘ
Administración Portuaria Integral de Veracruz → manages → Port of Veracruz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puerto de Veracruz
MXVER → represents → Port of Veracruz ⓘ
MXVER → associatedPort → Port of Veracruz ⓘ
United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914 → strategicImportance → Port of Veracruz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Veracruz was Mexico’s principal Gulf Coast port
United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914 → strategicImportance → Port of Veracruz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Veracruz was a key entry point for foreign arms and supplies