Acayucan (municipality) explained

Acayucan
Settlement Type:Municipality
Seal Size:Acayucan escudo.png
Pushpin Map: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:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Acayucan
Leader Title:Municipal President
Leader Name:Cuitláhuac Condado Escamilla
Established Title:Municipality created
Established Date:1824
Established Title2:Town incororpated
Established Date2:June 13, 1848
Established Title3:City incorporated
Established Date3:September 26, 1910
Area Total Km2:724.65
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:79429
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Municipal seat
Population Blank1:49,945
Timezone:Central (US Central)
Utc Offset:-6
Coordinates:17.9422°N -94.9103°W
Elevation M:100
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:96000[1]
Area Code:924
Blank Name:Demonym
Blank Info:Acayuqueño
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Aw
Website: www.acayucan.gob.mx

Acayucan is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's southeast, in the Olmeca region. The municipal seat is the city of Acayucan, Veracruz. It covers a total of 724.65 km2 (279.79 sq mi).

At the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a population of 79,459, of whom 49,945 lived in the municipal seat.[2] Of the municipality's population, 3,655 (5.22%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Popoluca, followed in numbers by Zapotec.

In addition to the seat, the municipality's largest other communities are Corral Nuevo and Dehesa.

History

Conquistadores Gonzalo de Sandoval and Hernan Cortés passed through Acayucan on the route from Tuxtepec to Tenochititlan. In 1580 it was part of the ′′Villa de Espíritu Santo′′ (Coatzacoalcos); when this was wiped out by pirates, Ayayucan became the seat of the Alcaldía mayor.[3]

The local indigenous population rose up in rebellion in 1787.

After the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, the Acayucan municipality was established in 1824. San Martin Acayucan became a villa in 1824 and a town on June 13, 1848. The community was destroyed by a hurricane in 1888.

Hilario C. Salas took the town of Acayucan in his fight against the Porfirian dictatorship in 1906. San Martin Acayucan became a city on September 26, 1910.

Electrification came to the city in 1946. The Catholic church was destroyed in the July 1957 earthquake.

In 2005 - 07, the municipal president (mayor) of Acayucan was Fabiola Vázquez Saút of the PAN, a daughter of the slain cacique (local baron) Cirilo Vázquez.[4]

In May 2020, Francisco Navarette Serna, presumed drug chieftain responsible for the February 2016 murders of five young people from Acayucan between 16 and 27 years old, was killed at a party at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. https://micodigopostal.org/veracruz-de-ignacio-de-la-llave/acayucan/ Listado de todos los Códigos Postales de Acayucan, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
  2. Web site: Acayucan . Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . . 2008-11-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070523100119/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30003a.htm . 2007-05-23 .
  3. Web site: .:· Monografía de Acayucan ·:. . www.acayucan.com . May 30, 2020.
  4. http://search.chron.com/chronicle/openDocument.do?docRef=11_23_2006_2_p1a23MEXBOSS&selectedPath={{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  5. Web site: Ataque armado deja siete muertos y dos heridos en salón de fiestas en Veracruz . El Universal . May 30, 2020 . es . 30 May 2020.