Tuxpan

Tuxpan
Tuxpan
Municipality
	Top: Tuxpan city skyline from Tuxpan River; Middle: Reforma Hotel, fountains at Downtown; Bottom: Cathedral of the Assumption, Tuxpan port facilities
	Coat of arms
	Tuxpan Location of Tuxpan within the State of Veracruz Tuxpan Location of Tuxpan within Mexico
	Coordinates: 20°57′N 97°24′W / 20.950°N 97.400°W
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Government
• Municipal President	Alberto Silva Ramos
Area
• Total	1,061.9 km2 (410.0 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	154,600
• Seat	89,557
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Website	http://tuxpanveracruz.gob.mx/

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1995	127,622	—
2000	126,616	−0.8%
2005	134,394	+6.1%
2010	143,362	+6.7%
2015	161,829	+12.9%
2020	154,600	−4.5%
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Tuxpan (or Túxpam, fully Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, for Enrique Rodríguez Cano^[2]) is both a municipality and city located in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The population of the city was 89,557 and of the municipality was 154,600 inhabitants, according to the INEGI census of 2020,^[1] residing in a total area of 1,051.89 km² (406.14 sq mi). The municipality includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which are Alto Lucero (20,380 inhabitants) and Santiago de la Peña (8,178 inhabitants). A local beachside community is also nearby.

In the 1870s, a small colony of some hundreds of former Confederate (Southern U.S.) officers, soldiers and diplomats was established.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Tuxpan Census 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved August 1, 2023.
^ "Enrique Rodríguez Cano: Legado a 65 años de su fallecimiento". 9 June 2020.
^ Kinney, Emily (2011). Leaving the United States for the "Land of Liberty": Postbellum Confederates in Mexico (MA Thesis) (thesis). University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

[CENSUSTUXPAN2020-1] "Tuxpan Census 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved August 1, 2023.

[2] "Enrique Rodríguez Cano: Legado a 65 años de su fallecimiento". 9 June 2020.

[3] Kinney, Emily (2011). Leaving the United States for the "Land of Liberty": Postbellum Confederates in Mexico (MA Thesis) (thesis). University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

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