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Alvarado (officially: Ilustre, Heroica y Generosa Ciudad y Puerto de Alvarado) is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz
Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states of Mexico that constitute the republic of Mexico....
. The city also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality
Alvarado (municipality)

Alvarado is one of the 212 municipalities of Veracruz of the Mexico Political divisions of Mexico of Veracruz which municipal seat is established in the city of Alvarado, Veracruz....
 of the same name. It is located 64 km from the city of Veracruz, Veracruz
Veracruz, Veracruz

The city of Veracruz is a major port city and municipalities of Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexico States of Mexico of Veracruz. The metropolitan areas of Mexico is Mexico's largest on the Gulf coast and an important east coast port....
, on Federal Highways 180 and 125
Mexican Federal Highway

Mexican Federal Highways, are roads maintained and built by the federal government of Mexico, through the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation ....
. Alvarado is bordered by Boca del Río
Boca del Río, Veracruz

Boca del R?o is a city in the Mexico States of Mexico of Veracruz. The city also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name....
, Tlalixcoyan
Tlalixcoyan

Tlalixcoyan is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico.Tlalixcoyan is bordered by: Alvarado , Medell?n , and Cotaxtla and is on Mexican Federal Highway and Mexican Federal Highway....
, Medellín, Ignacio de la Llave
Ignacio de la Llave

Ignacio de la Llave y Segura Zevallos was a general and the governor of the Mexico state of Veracruz between 1861 and 1862. He was born in Orizaba, Veracruz, a nephew of Dr....
, Ciudad Lerdo de Tejada, Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan

The city of Tlacotalpan is located in the eastern coastal region of the Mexico States of Mexico of Veracruz. Although the area had been inhabited since pre-Columbian times, the modern-day settlement was founded as a river port on the banks of the R?o Papaloapan in the mid-16th century....
 and Acula. It is 10m above sea level. It lies in the so-called "Region Papaloapan" bordered on the south by the municipalities of Acula, Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan

The city of Tlacotalpan is located in the eastern coastal region of the Mexico States of Mexico of Veracruz. Although the area had been inhabited since pre-Columbian times, the modern-day settlement was founded as a river port on the banks of the R?o Papaloapan in the mid-16th century....
 and Lerdo de Tejada
Lerdo de Tejada

Sebasti?n Lerdo de Tejada was a Mexican politician and served as President of M?xico.Fought together with Benito Ju?rez against the French invasion of Mexico....
, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
 and on the west by Ignacio de la Llave
Ignacio de la Llave

Ignacio de la Llave y Segura Zevallos was a general and the governor of the Mexico state of Veracruz between 1861 and 1862. He was born in Orizaba, Veracruz, a nephew of Dr....
.

The geographic size of Alvarado is 840 square kilometers.

The INEGI said that the population by 2000 was 22,608 people.

Alvarado was founded on the XVI century.






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Alvarado (officially: Ilustre, Heroica y Generosa Ciudad y Puerto de Alvarado) is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz
Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states of Mexico that constitute the republic of Mexico....
. The city also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality
Alvarado (municipality)

Alvarado is one of the 212 municipalities of Veracruz of the Mexico Political divisions of Mexico of Veracruz which municipal seat is established in the city of Alvarado, Veracruz....
 of the same name. It is located 64 km from the city of Veracruz, Veracruz
Veracruz, Veracruz

The city of Veracruz is a major port city and municipalities of Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexico States of Mexico of Veracruz. The metropolitan areas of Mexico is Mexico's largest on the Gulf coast and an important east coast port....
, on Federal Highways 180 and 125
Mexican Federal Highway

Mexican Federal Highways, are roads maintained and built by the federal government of Mexico, through the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation ....
. Alvarado is bordered by Boca del Río
Boca del Río, Veracruz

Boca del R?o is a city in the Mexico States of Mexico of Veracruz. The city also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name....
, Tlalixcoyan
Tlalixcoyan

Tlalixcoyan is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico.Tlalixcoyan is bordered by: Alvarado , Medell?n , and Cotaxtla and is on Mexican Federal Highway and Mexican Federal Highway....
, Medellín, Ignacio de la Llave
Ignacio de la Llave

Ignacio de la Llave y Segura Zevallos was a general and the governor of the Mexico state of Veracruz between 1861 and 1862. He was born in Orizaba, Veracruz, a nephew of Dr....
, Ciudad Lerdo de Tejada, Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan

The city of Tlacotalpan is located in the eastern coastal region of the Mexico States of Mexico of Veracruz. Although the area had been inhabited since pre-Columbian times, the modern-day settlement was founded as a river port on the banks of the R?o Papaloapan in the mid-16th century....
 and Acula. It is 10m above sea level. It lies in the so-called "Region Papaloapan" bordered on the south by the municipalities of Acula, Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan

The city of Tlacotalpan is located in the eastern coastal region of the Mexico States of Mexico of Veracruz. Although the area had been inhabited since pre-Columbian times, the modern-day settlement was founded as a river port on the banks of the R?o Papaloapan in the mid-16th century....
 and Lerdo de Tejada
Lerdo de Tejada

Sebasti?n Lerdo de Tejada was a Mexican politician and served as President of M?xico.Fought together with Benito Ju?rez against the French invasion of Mexico....
, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
 and on the west by Ignacio de la Llave
Ignacio de la Llave

Ignacio de la Llave y Segura Zevallos was a general and the governor of the Mexico state of Veracruz between 1861 and 1862. He was born in Orizaba, Veracruz, a nephew of Dr....
.

The geographic size of Alvarado is 840 square kilometers.

The INEGI said that the population by 2000 was 22,608 people.

Alvarado was founded on the XVI century. On 1518 Pedro de Alvarado arrived to Atlizintla and name the town and river after himself. Then on 1563, Juan de Sahagún built the port of Alvarado. It was used to transport food to other countries.

Major products of Alvarado are coffee
Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
, fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
s, and sugar
Sugar

Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit, honey, sorghum, sugar maple , and in many other sources....
. The economy of this region is developed on the Primary sector, which are fishing and farming ,this are the most productive activities, also the sugar cane and the coffee are really common in this region.

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