Lerdo de Tejada, Veracruz

Lerdo de Tejada
Lerdo de Tejada is located in Veracruz
Lerdo de Tejada
Lerdo de Tejada
Location in Mexico
Lerdo de Tejada is located in Mexico
Lerdo de Tejada
Lerdo de Tejada
Lerdo de Tejada (Mexico)
Coordinates: 18°37′26″N 95°30′51″W / 18.62389°N 95.51417°W / 18.62389; -95.51417[1]
Country Mexico
State Veracruz
RegionPapaloapan
Established23 January 1923
Named forSebastián Lerdo de Tejada
Municipal seatLerdo de Tejada
Government
 • MayorHermas Cortes García
Area
 • Total84.245 km2 (32.527 sq mi)
Elevation
[1] (of seat)
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total20,141
 • Estimate 
(2015 Intercensal Survey)[4]
19,606
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
 • Seat
18,715
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central)
Postal codes
95280–95295
Area code284
Websitelerdodetejada.gob.mx

Lerdo de Tejada is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz, located 207 kilometres (129 mi) southeast of the state capital Xalapa. It is named after Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, the 27th President of Mexico.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal" (in Spanish). SEGOB. 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Lerdo de Tejada". Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Lerdo de Tejada: Datos generales". Cédulas de información municipal (in Spanish). SEDESOL. 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Panorama sociodemográfico de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave 2015" (PDF) (in Spanish). INEGI. 2016. p. 224. ISBN 978-607-739-871-4. Retrieved 8 February 2018.