Cosamaloapan
Encyclopedia
Cosamaloapan is a municipality located in the plains of the Sotavento zone in the central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 240 km from state capital Xalapa
. It has a surface of 323.26 km2. It is located at 18°22′N 95°48′W.
The poet Manuel Carpio
was born in Cosamaloapan. Cosamaloapan serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Cosamaloapan de Carpio, which was so renamed in honour of its most famous son in 1918.
and Ixmatlahuacan
to the south by Chacaltianguis
and Tuxtilla
to the east by Carlos A. Carrillo
and to the west by Tres Valles
. It is watered by small creeks of the river Papaloapan.
, beans, sugarcane
, watermelon
and green chile.
Xalapa
Xalapa-Enríquez, commonly Xalapa or Jalapa, is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the year 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat reported a population of...
. It has a surface of 323.26 km2. It is located at 18°22′N 95°48′W.
The poet Manuel Carpio
Manuel Carpio
Manuel Elogio Carpio Hernández , known as Manuel Carpio, was a Mexican poet.Manuel Carpio was a relevant writer, theologian, philosopher and doctor of the nineteenth century, and former member of the Mexican Romanticism...
was born in Cosamaloapan. Cosamaloapan serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Cosamaloapan de Carpio, which was so renamed in honour of its most famous son in 1918.
Geographic Limits
The municipality of Cosamaloapan is delimited to the north by Tierra BlancaTierra Blanca, Veracruz
Tierra Blanca is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in the south-central part of the state of Veracruz in Mexico. At the 2005 census the city had a population of 44,171 inhabitants. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality, which has an area of...
and Ixmatlahuacan
Ixmatlahuacan
Ixmatlahuacan is a Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in south zone of the State of Veracruz, about 175 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 335.59 km2...
to the south by Chacaltianguis
Chacaltianguis
Chacaltianguis is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in the south of the state of Veracruz. It has a surface of 557.69 km2. It is located at ....
and Tuxtilla
Tuxtilla
Tuxtilla is a municipality located in the south zone in the State of Veracruz, about 175 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 168.62 km2. It is located at...
to the east by Carlos A. Carrillo
Carlos A. Carrillo, Veracruz
Carlos A. Carrillo is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located about 245 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 239.59 km2. It is located at ....
and to the west by Tres Valles
Tres Valles
Tres Valles is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz, created as a free municipality by decree on November 25, 1988...
. It is watered by small creeks of the river Papaloapan.
Agriculture
It produces principally maizeMaize
Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
, beans, sugarcane
Sugarcane
Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...
, watermelon
Watermelon
Watermelon is a vine-like flowering plant originally from southern Africa. Its fruit, which is also called watermelon, is a special kind referred to by botanists as a pepo, a berry which has a thick rind and fleshy center...
and green chile.