Atzacan
Atzacan | |
|---|---|
City and municipality | |
| Interior de la Parroquia de Santa Ana Atzacan Interior de la Parroquia de Santa Ana Atzacan | |
| Country | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico |
| State | Veracruz |
| Elevation | 1,284 m (4,213 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 10,146 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Atzacan is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located about 198 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 80.61 km2. It is located at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..
The municipality of Atzacan is delimited to the north by Chocaman, to the east by Iztaczoquitlán, to the south by Orizaba, to the south-west by Mariano Escobedo, to the west by La Perla, to the north-west by Coscomatepec de Bravo.[1]
It produces principally maize and beans.
A celebration in honor of Santa Ana, Patronress, takes place in April.
A large crowd attended the funeral of mayor Octavio Misael Lorenzo Morales on February 8, 2021, who died of COVID-19. As of this date, there have been 106 confirmed cases and ten deaths due to the virus in Atzacan.[2] Few of the mourners practiced social distancing.[3]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- (in Spanish) Municipal Official Site
- (in Spanish) Municipal Official Information[permanent dead link]
