| Alvarado | |
| Official Name: | Illustrious, Heroic, and Generous City and Port of Alvarado |
| Native Name: | Ilustre, Heroica y Generosa Ciudad y Puerto de Alvarado |
| Nickname: | Spanish; Castilian: La Perla del Sotavento (The leeward's pearl) |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Motto: | Ilustre, Heroica y Generosa (Illustrious, Heroic and Generous) |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Veracruz |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Papaloapan |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Alvarado |
| Parts Type: | Boroughs |
| Parts: | 21 |
| P1: | 21 de Abril |
| P2: | Alvarado Centro |
| P3: | El Pescador |
| P4: | Escolleras |
| P5: | Infonavit |
| P6: | La Fuente |
| P7: | La Trocha |
| P8: | Las Aneas |
| P9: | Loma del Chile |
| P10: | Lomas del Rosario |
| P11: | Los Aguacates |
| P12: | Los Carriles |
| P13: | Los Framboyanes |
| P14: | Luz del Carmen |
| P15: | Magisterial |
| P16: | Marigalante |
| P17: | Pantanal |
| P18: | Paso Nacional |
| P19: | Valente Cruz |
| P20: | Villas Alvarado |
| P21: | Vista Hermosa |
| Government Type: | Municipal Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Party: | Morena, Green Party, Labor Party |
| Leader Name: | Lizette Álvarez Vera |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1518 (as San Cristóbal de Alvarado) |
| Established Title2: | Town status |
| Established Date2: | 1816 |
| Established Title3: | City status |
| Established Date3: | 1878 |
| Founder: | Pedro de Alvarado |
| Area Total Km2: | 840.63 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Total: | 22330 |
| Population Demonyms: |
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| Timezone Link: | Time in Mexico |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 18.7811°N -95.7572°W |
| Elevation M: | 10 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 95250, 95270, 95272, 95274 to 95278 |
| Area Code: | 297 |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2002) |
| Blank Info: | 0.77987 (medium) |
| Blank2 Name: | Climate |
| Website: | alvarado.gob.mx |
Alvarado (officially: Ilustre, Heroica y Generosa Ciudad y Puerto de Alvarado) is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located 64km (40miles) from the city of Veracruz, Veracruz, on Federal Highways 180 and 125. Alvarado is bordered by Boca del Río, Tlalixcoyan, Medellín, Ignacio de la Llave, Ciudad Lerdo de Tejada, Tlacotalpan and Acula. It is 10m (30feet) above sea level. It lies in the so-called "Region Papaloapan" bordered on the south by the municipalities of Acula, Tlacotalpan and Lerdo de Tejada, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico and on the west by Ignacio de la Llave.[1]
The geographic size of Alvarado is .
The INEGI said that the population by 2000 was 22,608 people.
Alvarado was founded in the 16th century. In 1518, Pedro de Alvarado arrived to Atlizintla. In 1563, Juan de Sahagún built a port in the area to supply the Port of Veracuz. The locality started being known as San Cristóbal de Alvarado from 1600 onwards.
Major products of Alvarado are coffee, fruits, and sugar. The economy of this region is based on fishing and farming. Sugar cane and coffee are common products of this region.