Juan Rodríguez Clara Explained

Juan Rodríguez Clara
Settlement Type:City and municipal seat
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
Leader Title:Municipal President
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:18°N -119°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:http://juanrodriguezclara.gob.mx/

Juan Rodríguez Clara is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the south of the state, about 335 km from the state capital Xalapa. The municipality covers a surface are of 934.20 km2 and the municipal seat is located at 18°N -119°W.Formerly known as El Burro and Nopalapan de Zaragoza, the current name commemorates a local martyr to the cause of agrarianism and was adopted in 1925. The municipality was established on 22 December 1960 from land belonging to San Juan Evangelista.[1]

The municipality of Juan Rodríguez Clara is delimited to the north by Hueyapan de Ocampo, to the east by Acayucan and San Juan Evangelista, to the south by the state of Oaxaca, and to the west by Playa Vicente and Isla.[2]

It principally produces maize, beans, rice, watermelon, green chile, sugarcane and pineapple.

In Juan Rodríguez Clara, there is a celebration in December to honor to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the town's patron saint.

The weather in Juan Rodríguez Clara is warm all year with rains in summer and autumn.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Juan Rodríguez Clara .
  2. Web site: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Juan Rodríguez Clara. Gobierno Estatal. es. 2009-06-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070401225121/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30094a.htm. 2007-04-01.