Landero y Coss

Landero y Coss
Municipality
San Juan Bautista Church
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Coordinates: 19°44′00″N96°51′00″W / 19.73333°N 96.85000°W / 19.73333; -96.85000
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Region	Capital Region
Municipal seat and largest town	Landero y Coss
Government
•  Mayor	Xóchitl Domínguez Rosado (PAN)
Area
• Total	17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Elevation (of seat)	2,029 m (6,657 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,543
• Density	87.9/km2 (228/sq mi)
• Seat	1,117
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (US Central))
Postal code (of seat)	93860
Website	(in Spanish)

Landero y Coss is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

Geography

The municipality is located in the central zone of the state, about 33 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 21.39 km². It is located at 19°44′N96°51′W / 19.733°N 96.850°W / 19.733; -96.850 .

The municipality of Landero y Coss is delimited to the north-east by Misantla to the east by Chiconquiaco, to the south-east by Acatlán, to the south by Miahuatlán and to the west by Tonayan. ^[1]

The weather in Landero y Coss is warm all year with rains in summer and autumn.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1995	1,599	—
2000	1,432	−10.4%
2005	1,549	+8.2%
2010	1,546	−0.2%
2015	1,534	−0.8%
2020	1,543	+0.6%
[2]

With a population of 1,543 inhabitants as 2020, Landero y Coss is the smallest municipality of Veracruz in terms of population. ^[2] There are only 3 localities, all of them classified as rural: Landero y Coss, the municipal seat, contains more than 70% of the population (1,117 hab.). The other two localities are Buena Vista (421 hab.); and Raicero (5 hab.). ^[2]

Products

It produces principally maize, beans, coffee and green chile.

Culture

In Landero y Coss, in June takes place the celebration in honor to San Juan Bautista Patron of the town.

References

1. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Landero y Coss" (in Spanish). Gobierno Estatal. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
2. 2020 Landero y Coss CENSUS

External links

• (in Spanish) Municipal Official webpage
• (in Spanish) Municipal Official Information