Acatlán Municipality | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Veracruz |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Capital Region |
Leader Party: | PT |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Aquilino Rodríguez Sánchez |
Area Total Km2: | 18.1 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 3,441 |
Population Density Km2: | 189.7 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Seat |
Population Blank1: | 3,253 |
Timezone: | Central (US Central) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 19.6972°N -96.8419°W |
Elevation Point: | of seat |
Elevation M: | 1,200 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (of seat) |
Postal Code: | 91420 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | ET |
Blank1 Name: | Demonym |
Acatlán is a municipality and village located in the central zone of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 35 km from the state capital Xalapa. The municipality has an area of 18.1 km². As 2020, the municipality had a population of 3'441 inhabitants, more than 94 % of the population resided in the municipal seat.[1]
The municipality of Acatlán is delimited to the east by the Tepetlán, to the south by the Naolinco, to the west by the Miahuatlán, and to the north by Chiconquiaco.[2] It is watered by the rivers Actopan and Pájaro Verde.