| Alvarado | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Alvarado |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Motto: | Spanish; Castilian: El futuro nos une ("The future unite us") |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico#Mexico Veracruz |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Coordinates: | 18.7811°N -95.7572°W |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Municipality of Alvarado in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Papaloapan |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipal code |
| Subdivision Name3: | 011 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 5 September 1818 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 2 August 1824[1] |
| Named For: | Pedro de Alvarado |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Seat: | Alvarado |
| Parts Type: | Settlements |
| Parts: | 265 |
| Government Type: | Municipal Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Party: | Morena, PVEM, PT |
| Leader Name: | Lizette Álvarez Vera |
| Leader Title1: | Syndic |
| Leader Name1: | Jaime Abel Tiburcio Herrera |
| Leader Title2: | Regidores |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 826.9 |
| Area Land Km2: | 663.9 |
| Area Water Km2: | 163.8 |
| Area Water Percent: | 19.8 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 4.6 |
| Area Rural Km2: | 659.3 |
| Elevation M: | 10 |
| Elevation Min M: | 0 |
| Elevation Min Point: | Gulf of Mexico |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [4] |
| Population Total: | 57035 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 27081 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 29954 |
| Population Density Rural Km2: | auto |
| Timezone Link: | Time in Mexico |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Area Code: | 297 |
| Population Demonyms: |
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| Blank Name Sec1: | Federal Highway(s) |
Alvarado is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The municipality is part of the state's Papaloapan Region and its municipal seat is established at the homonymous city of Alvarado.
In 1816, the citizens of the village of San Cristóbal de Alvarado sought the designation of Town from Ferdinand VII, King of Spain. The King granted the village the title of Town on 8 September 1816 by Royal Decree, which had a cost of 92,800 maravedís. Almost two years later, on 5 September 1818 the same Ferdinand VII authorized the first Honorable Ayuntamiento or city council. On 3 October 1818, the first City Council was established with Tomás Hondal serving as first Mayor.[5]
Once the Independence War was over, the State enacted its own Constitution in which the state territory was divided in 4 departments and 12 cantons. The municipality of Alvarado was assigned to the Canton of Veracruz in the Department of Veracruz.
The municipality has an extension of 826.9km2[2] and an elevation of 10m (30feet). It is located in the state's Papaloapan region and is bordered by the municipalities of Boca del Río, Tlalixcoyan, Medellín, Ignacio de la Llave, Ixmatlahuacan, Acula, Tlacotalpan and Lerdo de Tejada.
The municipality is crossed by the Papaloapan and Blanco rivers, both of which drain into the Alvarado Lagoon complex.
The Alvarado Lagoon complex is formed, from north to south, by the Camaronera, Buen País, Alvarado and Tlalixcoyan lagoons.
Alvarado is located in the state's central coastal zone, within the Sotavento plains. Dunes are common in rural and urban areas; an example of this is the neighborhood of Spanish; Castilian: Lomas del Rosario, built on the Rosary dunes which are inside the city of Alvarado.
In this region there is hot/sub-humid —the wetter of the sub-humids— weather with abundant rains in summer. The maximum average temperature is 26C and 18C as minimum average temperature, varying from 5C to 7C every year. The dry season is from January to May and the period of rains starts in June. The nortes season starts in November and intensifies in January.[6]
The municipality is connected mainly through two Mexican Federal Highways[7] and a few state and municipal roads.
Regarding state and municipal roads, the small network connects a few locations in the north and northwest areas of the municipality.
As 2020, Alvarado had a population of 57, 305 and 216 localities. The municipal seat, Alvarado is the biggest locality with a population of 20,797. Other important localities are Antón Lizardo (6,284 hab.), Lomas del Sol (2,177 hab.), Playas del Conchal (1,889 hab.) and Paso Nacional (1,828 hab.).[3]
Local government, or Spanish; Castilian: Ayuntamiento (English: [[Council|Municipal council]]), is led by the Spanish; Castilian: Presidente municipal| (English: [[Mayor]]|lit=municipal president) with support of the Syndic, and the Spanish; Castilian: Regidores (English: councillors|lit=regents). The mayor is elected by popular election for a 4-year term with non-limited, non-consecutive re-elections.
The municipality is part of the XXIII State Electoral district[8] and XIX Federal Electoral District.[9]