Xalapa
Sign in to saveXalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In 2020 census the city reported a population of 443,063 and the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat reported a population of 488,531. The municipality has an area of 118.45 km2. Xalapa lies near the geographic center of the state and is the second-largest city in the state after the city of Veracruz to the southeast.
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Xalapa is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz, with a 2020 population of about 443,000 people in the city and roughly 488,500 in the surrounding municipality. It serves as an important administrative and urban center in the region, ranking as the second-largest city in Veracruz state.
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- Clockwise, from upper left: Pico de Orizaba, General Juan de la Luz Enríquez Lara tomb, Xalapa Cathedral, Centro Mayor Tower, panoramic view from the Macuiltepetl's Mountain, Olmec colossal head from the Xalapa Museum of Anthropology, Araucaria sculpture.
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- Veracruz
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- Daniela Griego Ceballos (since 2026) (MORENA)
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Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In 2020 census the city reported a population of 443,063 and the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat reported a population of 488,531. The municipality has an area of 118.45 km2. Xalapa lies near the geographic center of the state and is the second-largest city in the state after the city of Veracruz to the southeast.
== Etymology == thumb|left|The Palace of Government of Veracruz (Governor's Office) The name Xalapa comes from the Classical Nahuatl roots (, 'sand') and (, 'place of water'), which means approximately 'spring in the sand'. It's classically pronounced in Nahuatl, although the final /n/ is often omitted. This was adopted into Spanish as Xalapa.