Veracruz metropolitan area

Veracruz metropolitan area
Metropolitan Area
Zona Metropolitana de Veracruz (Spanish)
Aerial view of Veracruz Metropolitan Area
Seal
Interactive Map of Veracruz Metropolitan Area   City of Veracruz / Ciudad de Veracruz   Veracruz Metro Area / Zona Metropolitana
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Principal city	Veracruz
Other cities	- Boca del Río  - Medellín  - Alvarado  - Jamapa  - Manlio Fabio Altamirano
Area
• Total	1,888.8 km2 (729.3 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	939,046
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)

The Veracruz metropolitan area (Zona metropolitana de Veracruz, ZMV) is a metropolitan area in Veracruz (state), Mexico formed by the city of Veracruz and its Veracruz municipality and five other municipalities.

According to the 2020 Census by the INEGI and published in 2021, the Veracruz metropolitan area had 939,046 inhabitants, the twentieth largest in Mexico, and in the most populated of the state of Veracruz.^[1] It fits to stand out that it presents a populational growth sustained #turn an axis of the region, since it considers him like the most important of the State of Veracruz and also of the Gulf of Mexico.