Tlacotalpan
Sign in to saveTlacotalpan is a city in Tlacotalpan Municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998 primarily for its architecture and colonial-era layout. The town was established in 1550 on what was originally an island in the Papaloapan River. From the colonial era to the 20th century, it was an important port, one of few interior river ports in Latin America. However, with the construction of the railroad, Tlacotalpan's importance faded. Starting in the latter 20th century, efforts to conserve the city's Spanish/Caribbean architecture and layout began, culm
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tlacotalpan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tlacotalpan desde el rio Papaloapan.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 292px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Tlacotalpan seen from the Papaloapan river
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico Veracruz#Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Veracruz
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Papaloapan Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Tlacotalpan
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town status
- Settlement.established_date
- 1847
- Settlement.established_title2
- City status
- Settlement.established_date2
- 9 May 1865
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Tlacotalpan Municipality
- Population
- 7600
- Area
- 320
- Elevation
- 10
- Capital of
- Tlacotalpan Municipality
- Official website
- www.tlacotalpan-turismo.gob.mx
- Image
- Tlacotalpan Veracruz - panoramio.jpg
- Dialing code
- 288
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- Commons category
- Tlacotalpan, Veracruz
- heritage designation
- World Heritage Site
- Commons gallery
- Tlacotalpan
- inception
- 1847-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- postal code
- 95460
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- The town
- The Music
- Geography and environment
- History
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Tlacotalpan is a city in Tlacotalpan Municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998 primarily for its architecture and colonial-era layout. The town was established in 1550 on what was originally an island in the Papaloapan River. From the colonial era to the 20th century, it was an important port, one of few interior river ports in Latin America. However, with the construction of the railroad, Tlacotalpan's importance faded. Starting in the latter 20th century, efforts to conserve the city's Spanish/Caribbean architecture and layout began, culminating in World Heritage status. Today, its main economic support is fishing and tourism, especially to the annual feast in honor of Our Lady of Candlemas.
== The town == It is nicknamed the "pearl of the Papaloapan."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tlacotalpan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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