Tuxpan

Tuxpan
Top: Tuxpan city skyline from Tuxpan River; Middle: Reforma Hotel, fountains at Downtown; Bottom: Cathedral of the Assumption, Tuxpan port facilities
Coat of arms of Tuxpan
Tuxpan is located in Veracruz
Tuxpan
Tuxpan
Location of Tuxpan within the State of Veracruz
Tuxpan is located in Mexico
Tuxpan
Tuxpan
Location of Tuxpan within Mexico
Coordinates: 20°57′N 97°24′W / 20.950°N 97.400°W / 20.950; -97.400
Country Mexico
StateVeracruz
Government
 • Municipal PresidentAlberto Silva Ramos
Area
 • Total1,061.9 km2 (410.0 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total154,600
 • Seat
89,557
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Websitehttp://tuxpanveracruz.gob.mx/
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1995 127,622—    
2000 126,616−0.8%
2005 134,394+6.1%
2010 143,362+6.7%
2015 161,829+12.9%
2020 154,600−4.5%
[1]

Tuxpan (or Túxpam, fully Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, for Enrique Rodríguez Cano[2]) is both a municipality and city located in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The population of the city was 89,557 and of the municipality was 154,600 inhabitants, according to the INEGI census of 2020,[1] residing in a total area of 1,051.89 km2 (406.14 sq mi). The municipality includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which are Alto Lucero (20,380 inhabitants) and Santiago de la Peña (8,178 inhabitants). A local beachside community is also nearby.

In the 1870s, a small colony of some hundreds of former Confederate (Southern U.S.) officers, soldiers and diplomats was established.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Tuxpan Census 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "Enrique Rodríguez Cano: Legado a 65 años de su fallecimiento". 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ Kinney, Emily (2011). Leaving the United States for the "Land of Liberty": Postbellum Confederates in Mexico (MA Thesis) (thesis). University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 11 October 2014.