Sotavento Region

Sotavento Region
Región del Sotavento
Region
Sotavento Region in the State of Veracruz
Sotavento Region in the State of Veracruz
Country Mexico
StateVeracruz
Largest cityVeracruz
Municipalities
12
Area
[1][2][a]
 • Total
3,960.69 km2 (1,529.23 sq mi)
 • Rank8th
Lowest elevation
(Gulf of Mexico)
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020)[2][a]
 • Total
1,085,751
 • Rank4th
 • Density274.132/km2 (709.998/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Largest municipality by area

Sotavento Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico.[3][4]

Geography

Sotavento Region lies on the southern Gulf Coastal Plain. Sotavento means leeward, and the region lies in the rain shadow of the coastal Sierra de Chiconquiaco, which makes it drier than the rest of Veracruz' coastal lowlands to the north and south. The Veracruz dry forests ecoregion covers much of the region.[5]

It is bounded on the northeast by the Gulf of Mexico, on the east and south by Papaloapan Region, on the west by Mountains Region, and on the north by Capital Region.[3]

Municipalities

Municipality
code		 Name Population Land Area Population density
2020Rank km2sq miRank 2020Rank
028
 Boca del Río
144,550
2
38.114.7
12
3,794/km2 (9,826/sq mi)
1
049
 Cotaxtla
22,050
11
537.3207.5
2
41/km2 (106/sq mi)
12
090
 Jamapa
11,132
12
132.151.0
9
84/km2 (218/sq mi)
7
016
 La Antigua
28,682
7
131.950.9
10
217/km2 (563/sq mi)
5
100
 Manlio Fabio Altamirano
23,918
9
247.195.4
8
97/km2 (251/sq mi)
6
105
 Medellín de Bravo
95,202
3
397.3153.4
4
240/km2 (621/sq mi)
4
126
 Paso de Ovejas
33,442
5
388.1149.8
5
86/km2 (223/sq mi)
8
134
 Puente Nacional
23,544
10
384.1148.3
6
61/km2 (61/km2)
10
148
 Soledad de Doblado
28,130
8
416.1160.7
3
68/km2 (175/sq mi)
9
181
 Tlalixcoyan
37,795
4
917.9354.4
1
41/km2 (107/sq mi)
11
191
 Úrsulo Galván
30,097
6
124.648.1
11
242/km2 (626/sq mi)
3
193
 Veracruz
607,209
1
249.396.3
7
2,436/km2 (6,308/sq mi)
2
Sotavento Region 1,085,751 — 3,166 1,530.51 — 274/km2 (709/sq mi) —
Source: INEGI[6]

Largest cities

 
 
Largest cities or towns in Sotavento Region
Source:[7]
Rank Municipality Pop.
1VeracruzVeracruz405,952
2VeracruzBoca del Río132,011
3Valente DíazVeracruz36,818
4Fraccionamiento Puente MorenoMedellín de Bravo34,913
5Lomas de Río Medio CuatroVeracruz20,849
6José CardelLa Antigua20,182
7Fraccionamiento Geovillas Los PinosVeracruz16,855
8Las AmapolasVeracruz15,076
9Soledad de DobladoSoledad de Doblado13,716
10Hacienda SotaventoVeracruz11,583

Notes

  1. 1 2 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, 2020, p. 15, retrieved 2022-08-06
  2. 1 2 "México en cifras" (in Spanish). INEGI. 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  5. ↑ "Veracruz dry forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  6. ↑ Censo Veracruz 2020
  7. ↑ "Cuadernillos Municipales Veracruz 2020". Retrieved June 6, 2026.

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