Xalapa (mex)

Xalapa

Xalapa ranks 2,473rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kroměříž, Bergara, and Meridian, Mississippi. Memorable people born in Xalapa include Antonio López de Santa Anna, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, and José Joaquín de Herrera. Memorable people who died in Xalapa include Sergio Pitol. Xalapa has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians. Xalapa is located in Mexico.

Xalapa or Jalapa, officially Xalapa-Enríquez, is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 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. Read more on Wikipedia