Papaloapan Region (Veracruz)

Papaloapan Region Región del Papaloapan
Region
Papaloapan Region in the state of Veracruz
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Largest city	Tierra Blanca
Named after	Papaloapan River
Municipalities	22 Acula Alvarado Amatitlán Ángel R. Cabada Carlos A. Carrillo Chacaltianguis Cosamaloapan de Carpio Ignacio de la Llave Isla Ixmatlahuacan José Azueta Juan Rodríguez Clara Lerdo de Tejada Otatitlán Playa Vicente Saltabarranca Santiago Sochiapan Tierra Blanca Tlacojalpan Tlacotalpan Tres Valles Tuxtilla
Area [1] [2] [a]
• Total	10,477.02 km2 (4,045.20 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd
Lowest elevation (Gulf of Mexico)	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	563,063
• Rank	7th [2] [a]
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)

Papaloapan Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico. ^{[3] [4]}

Geography

Papaloapan Region occupies a portion of the southern Gulf Coastal Plain, in the lower basins of the Papaloapan and Blanco rivers.

It is bounded on the north by the Gulf of Mexico, on the northwest by Sotavento Region, on the west by Mountains Region, on the south by the state of Oaxaca, on the east by Olmeca and Los Tuxtlas regions. ^[3]

Municipalities

The Papaloapan region is conformed by the following 22 municipalities.

Municipality code	Name	Population		Land Area			Population density
		2020	Rank	km2	sq mi	Rank	2020	Rank
005	Acula	5,253	20	195.02	75.30	16	27/km2 (70/sq mi)	20
011	Alvarado	57,035	2	826.93	319.28	5	69/km2 (179/sq mi)	7
012	Amatitlán	7,866	16	135.07	52.15	17	58/km2 (151/sq mi)	9
015	Ángel R. Cabada	33,839	8	430.55	166.24	10	79/km2 (204/sq mi)	6
045	Cosamaloapan de Carpio	54,737	3	519.13	200.44	9	105/km2 (273/sq mi)	3
054	Chacaltianguis	11,461	15	290.46	112.15	14	39/km2 (102/sq mi)	16
075	Ignacio de la Llave	16,525	12	396.92	153.25	12	42/km2 (108/sq mi)	14
077	Isla	42,807	5	926.87	357.87	4	46/km2 (120/sq mi)	11
084	Ixmatlahuacan	5,574	19	347.25	134.07	13	16/km2 (42/sq mi)	22
094	Juan Rodríguez Clara	38,367	7	992.11	383.06	3	39/km2 (100/sq mi)	17
119	Otatitlán	5,651	18	49.84	19.24	22	113/km2 (294/sq mi)	2
130	Playa Vicente	39,327	6	1,192.74	460.52	2	33/km2 (85/sq mi)	18
139	Saltabarranca	6,126	17	108.49	41.89	18	56/km2 (146/sq mi)	10
169	José Azueta	22,709	10	535.49	206.75	8	42/km2 (110/sq mi)	13
174	Tierra Blanca	95,602	1	1,517.86	586.05	1	63/km2 (163/sq mi)	8
176	Tlacojalpan	4,489	21	102.72	39.66	19	44/km2 (113/sq mi)	12
178	Tlacotalpan	12,898	14	578.54	223.38	6	22/km2 (58/sq mi)	21
190	Tuxtilla	2,258	22	56.12	21.67	21	40/km2 (104/sq mi)	15
207	Tres Valles	44,978	4	547.66	211.45	7	82/km2 (213/sq mi)	5
208	Carlos A. Carrillo	23,376	9	244.16	94.27	15	96/km2 (248/sq mi)	4
212	Santiago Sochiapan	13,062	13	399.12	154.10	11	33/km2 (85/sq mi)	19
	Papaloapan Region	563,063	—	10,477.02	4,045.20	—	54/km2 (139/sq mi)	—
Source: INEGI [2] [a]

Notes

1. Although public, some statistical information about Veracruz provided on the INEGI's website may not be conspicuously displayed and additional steps (query the database, download files) may be required to access it.

References

1. Estudios Regionales Para la Planeación [Regional Studies for Plannings](PDF) (in Spanish), Xalapa: SEFIPLAN, 2007, p. 223, retrieved 2022-08-04
2. "México en cifras" (in Spanish). INEGI. 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
3. "Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave: Grado de marginación por municipio, 2005" (PDF). Conapo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
4. López-Balderas, Nayali (7 September 2014). "Seroprevalence of hepatitis viruses and risk factors in blood donors of Veracruz, Mexico". The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 9 (3): 274–282. doi: 10.3855/jidc.4812 . S2CID   2141145.