Jamapa

Jamapa
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Coordinates: 19°02′28″N96°14′28″W / 19.04111°N 96.24111°W / 19.04111; -96.24111
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Region	Sotavento Region
Government
•  Mayor	Victor Enedino Morales Castro (PRI)
Area
• Municipality and City	132.4 km2 (51.1 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Municipality and City	11,132
• Seat	4,677
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (US Central))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central)
Postal code (of seat)	94260
Climate	Aw
Website	(in Spanish) Municipal Official Site

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1995	9,135	—
2000	9,969	+9.1%
2005	9,772	−2.0%
2010	10,376	+6.2%
2015	10,361	−0.1%
2020	11,132	+7.4%
[1]

Jamapa is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz which stands on Federal Highway 137. Its name comes from Nahuatl Xam-a-pan, meaning 'in the river of the adobes'. ^[2] The municipality was established on 17 February 1870. ^[3]

It had a population 11,132 in 2020. ^[1] Jamapa borders Manlio Fabio Altamirano to the north and west, Medellín to the north, south and east, Cotaxtla to the west and south. ^[4]

Jamapa is very agricultural as a region; ^[5] major products are corn, coffee, fruits, and sugar.

On 10 November 2020, municipal president Florisel Ríos Delfín (a PRD member) was kidnapped and assassinated. ^[6] Her body was found in Medellín de Bravo the next day. ^{[7] [8]}

External links

• Mexico portal

1. "Censo Jamapa 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved August 1, 2023.
2. "Jamapa". Vercruz.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
3. "Jamapa". Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de Mexico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
4. "SISTEMA DE INFORMACIÓN MUNICIPAL CUADERNILLOS MUNICIPALES, 2016 Jamapa" (PDF). Veracrus Gobierno del Estado (in Spanish). p. 1. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
5. "Prontuario de información geográfica municipal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Jamapa, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave Clave geoestadística 30090" (PDF). INEGI (in Spanish). 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
6. Zavaleta, Noé (November 11, 2020). "Plagian y asesinan a la alcaldesa de Jamapa, en Veracruz". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
7. "Florisel Ríos Delfín, Mayor of Jamapa in Veracruz executed". Yucatan Times. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
8. "Female Mayor of Jamapa is Kidnapped and Murdered". Justice in Mexico. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

• Jamapa municipal government web site
• (in Spanish) Municipal Official Information ^{[ permanent dead link ]}