Ixhuacán de los Reyes | |
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 |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal seat and largest town |
Subdivision Name3: | Ixhuacán de los Reyes |
Leader Party: | PRI |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Fortunato Ruiz Vargas |
Area Total Km2: | 149.8 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 11,387 |
Population Density Km2: | 76 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Seat |
Population Blank1: | 2,692 |
Timezone: | Central (US Central) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 19.3561°N -97.1169°W |
Elevation Point: | of seat |
Elevation M: | 1,754 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (of seat) |
Postal Code: | 91250 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank1 Name: | Demonym |
Ixhuacán, or Ixhuacán de los Reyes, is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located approximately 36km (22miles) from Xalapa Enríquez; Federal Highway 123 runs through it. It is bordered by Teocelo, Xico and Coatepec. Coffee is the chief product of Ixhuacán de los Reyes.
It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
In August, 1519 Hernán Cortés passed through Ixhuacán on his way to Tenochtitlan. Both Cortes and his chronicler Francisco Lopez de Gomara described the town as having a fort.
Ixhuacán de los Reyes has a subtropical highland climate (Cfb) with cool to mild weather year-round. It experiences heavy monsoonal precipitation from June to September.
As 2020, the municipality had a population of 11,387inhabitants in 141 localities.[1] Abou 20%, resides in the municipal seat (2,692 hab.). Other localities includes Monte Grande (926 hab.), Barranca Nueva (808 hab.), Tlalchy (625 hab.) and Caltzontepec (554 hab.).[1]