Ángel R. Cabada
Encyclopedia
Ángel R. Cabada is a town (villa) in the Mexican state of Veracruz
. Located in the state's Papaloapan River
region, it serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name
.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, Ángel R. Cabada (the town) reported a total population of 11,689.
The town is named after Ángel Rosario Cabada
(1872-1921), an agrarian leader. Previously, the town was named El Mesón. El Mesón had been a small regional center of the Olmec
or Epi-Olmec culture
during a period between 400 BCE and 100 CE. Local farmers found the El Mesón Stela in the 1950s. (Tres Zapotes
, about 15 km south of El Mesón, was part of the Olmec heartland
.)
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
. Located in the state's Papaloapan River
Papaloapan River
The Papaloapan River is one of the main rivers of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Its name is derived from the Nahuatl papalotl and apan ....
region, it serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name
Ángel R. Cabada (municipality)
Ángel R. Cabada is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located about 207 km southeast from the state capital Xalapa, and is in the Papaloapan River region between Lerdo de Tejada and San Andrés Tuxtla on the Federal Highway. The municipality of Ángel R...
.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, Ángel R. Cabada (the town) reported a total population of 11,689.
The town is named after Ángel Rosario Cabada
Ángel Rosario Cabada
Ángel Rosario Cabada was an agrarian leader whose name was given to the town of Ángel R. Cabada and the municipality of Ángel R. Cabada, in the Veracruz state of Mexico....
(1872-1921), an agrarian leader. Previously, the town was named El Mesón. El Mesón had been a small regional center of the Olmec
Olmec
The Olmec were the first major Pre-Columbian civilization in Mexico. They lived in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco....
or Epi-Olmec culture
Epi-Olmec culture
The Epi-Olmec culture was a cultural area in the central region of the present-day Mexican state of Veracruz, concentrated in the Papaloapan River basin, a culture that existed during the Late Formative period, from roughly 300 BCE to roughly 250 CE. Epi-Olmec was a successor culture to the Olmec,...
during a period between 400 BCE and 100 CE. Local farmers found the El Mesón Stela in the 1950s. (Tres Zapotes
Tres Zapotes
Tres Zapotes is a Mesoamerican archaeological site located in the south-central Gulf Lowlands of Mexico in the Papaloapan River plain. Tres Zapotes is sometimes referred to as the third major Olmec capital , although Tres Zapotes' Olmec phase constitutes only a portion of the site’s history, which...
, about 15 km south of El Mesón, was part of the Olmec heartland
Olmec heartland
The Olmec heartland is the southern portion of Mexico's Gulf Coast region between the Tuxtla mountains and the Olmec archaeological site of La Venta, extending roughly 80 km inland from the Gulf of Mexico coastline at its deepest...
.)
External links
- Map of Ángel R. Cabada municipality by the Veracruz State Office of Information for Sustainable Rural Development (Oeidrus).
- Depiction of the El Mesón Stela and the municipality coat of arms derived from the stela.