Apazapan
Apazapan | |
|---|---|
Apazapan Location in Mexico Apazapan Apazapan (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 19°19′00″N 96°43′00″W / 19.31667°N 96.71667°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Veracruz |
| Region | Capital Region |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gustavo Flores Colorado (!Podemos¡) |
| Area | |
• Total | 67.3 km2 (26.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 408 m (1,339 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,709 |
| • Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| • Seat | 833 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 30001 |
| Website | (in Spanish) |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 3,952 | — |
| 2000 | 3,611 | −8.6% |
| 2005 | 3,534 | −2.1% |
| 2010 | 4,027 | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 4,009 | −0.4% |
| 2020 | 4,709 | +17.5% |
Apazapan is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located about 65 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 65.80 km2. It is located at 19°19′N 96°43′W / 19.317°N 96.717°W. Apazapan was a population totonac in the days of the Spanish conquest that preserved the indigenous language up to the 19th century and there was one of the points marked in the Codex Dehesa, when the Nonoalcos de Zongolíca, crossed Cocolapa, Coscomatepec, Tepeyehualco, Chiconquiaco and for Apazapan they returned to Zongolíca. During the 16th century, it belonged to the marquisate of Paxaca's Valley started to Hernán Cortés.