| Jamapa | |
| Total Type: | Municipality and City |
| 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: | Sotavento Region |
| Leader Party: | PRI |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Victor Enedino Morales Castro |
| Area Total Km2: | 132.4 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 11,132 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Seat |
| Population Blank1: | 4,677 |
| Timezone: | Central (US Central) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 19.0411°N -96.2411°W |
| Elevation M: | 18 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (of seat) |
| Postal Code: | 94260 |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Aw |
| Blank1 Name: | Demonym |
| Website: | Municipal Official Site |
Jamapa is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz which stands on Federal Highway 137. Its name comes from Nahuatl Xam-a-pan, meaning 'in the river of the adobes'.[1] The municipality was established on 17 February 1870.[2]
It had a population 11,132 in 2020.[3] Jamapa borders Manlio Fabio Altamirano to the north and west, Medellín to the north, south and east, Cotaxtla to the west and south.[4]
Jamapa is very agricultural as a region;[5] major products are corn, coffee, fruits, and sugar.
On 10 November 2020, municipal president Florisel Ríos Delfín (a PRD member) was kidnapped and assassinated.[6] Her body was found in Medellín de Bravo the next day.[7] [8]