Álamo Temapache | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Veracruz |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipal seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Álamo |
Leader Title: | Municipal President |
Leader Name: | Jorge Vera Hernández |
Area Total Km2: | 1137.57 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 104 500 |
Population Density Km2: | 91.91 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 20.9892°N -97.7058°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 92769 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Aw |
Website: | http://www.temapache.gob.mx/ |
Álamo Temapache (or simply Temapache) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located about 90 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 65.80 km2. It is located at 20.9892°N -97.7058°W. The municipal seat is at Álamo.
The municipality of Temapache is delimited to the north by Tepetzintla, Cerro Azul and Tamiahua to the east by Tuxpam, to the south by Tihuatlán, Castillo de Teayo and the state of Puebla, and to the south-west by Ixhuatlán de Madero.[1] It is drained by several rivers including the Hondo and the Buenavista.
The weather in Temapache is very cold and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.
It produces principally maize, beans, orange fruit, watermelon and pumpkins seed.
In Temapache, in September takes place the celebration in honor to Virgen del Carmen, Patron of the town, and in December takes place the celebration in honor to Virgen de Guadalupe.