Úrsulo Galván

Municipality and town in Veracruz, Mexico
19°24′N 96°18′W / 19.400°N 96.300°W / 19.400; -96.300Country MexicoStateVeracruzArea
 • Total123.92 km2 (47.85 sq mi)Elevation
7 m (23 ft)Population
 (2010 census)
 • Total29,005 • Density230/km2 (610/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central)Websitehttp://www.ursulogalvan.gob.mx

Úrsulo Galván is a municipality located in the central coastal zone of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 76 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 123.92 km2. The name of this municipality is in honor of Úrsulo Galván Reyes [es], an early 20th-century agrarian activist and revolutionary.

Geography

The municipality of Úrsulo Galván is bordered to the north by Actopan, to the east by Gulf of Mexico and to the south by Puente Nacional.[1]

The weather in Úrsulo Galván is hot and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

History

Gilberto Ortiz Parra, precandidate for mayor ( MORENA) and two police officers died on February 11, 2021, after being shot.[2]

Agriculture

It produces principally maize, beans, watermelon, sugarcane, rice and green chile.

Celebrations

In November there is a celebration in honor of San Carlos, patron of the town, and in December that in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

See also

  • Playa Chachalacas
  • Cempoala, an important Mesoamerican archaeological site located in the municipality

References

  1. ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Úrsulo Galván". veracruz.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno Estatal. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  2. ^ "Asesinan a tiros a precandidato de Morena en Veracruz". El Universal (in Spanish). 11 February 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.

External links

  • (in Spanish) Municipal Official webpage
  • (in Spanish) Municipal Official Information
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Veracruz State of Veracruz
Xalapa (capital)
Huasteca Alta Region
Huasteca Baja Region
Totonaca Region
Nautla Region
Capital Region
Sotavento Region
Mountains Region
Papaloapan Region
Los Tuxtlas Region
Olmeca Region