Cerro Azul | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
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: | Cerro Azul |
Leader Title: | Municipal President |
Leader Name: | Reynaldo Mora Nuñes (2008-10) |
Established Title: | Municipality created |
Established Date: | 27 November 1963 |
Area Total Km2: | 92.50 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 24739 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Municipal seat |
Population Blank1: | 23573 |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 21.2°N -97.7331°W |
Elevation M: | 260 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | www.cerroazul.gob.mx |
Cerro Azul is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Baja region. The municipal seat is the city of Cerro Azul, Veracruz.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 24,739 (down from 27,071 in 1995), of whom 23,573 lived in the municipal seat.[1] Of the municipality's inhabitants, 565 (2%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Huasteco and Nahuatl.
Cerro Azul Municipality covers a total surface area of 92.50 km2.