NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tlacotalpan

The municipality of Tlacotalpan is located in the eastern coastal region of the Mexican state of Veracruz, at 18°37′N, 95°40′W. The municipality's total surface area is 646.51 km², with a population (year 2000 figure) of some 15,000. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... As of 2006, there are a total of 830 World Heritage Sites located in 138 State Parties. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or MÃ©xico) is a federal republic made up of 31 states (estados) and one Federal District, (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ... The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that comprise Mexico. ...

Tlacotalpan borders with the municipalities of Alvarado to the north; José Azueta, Isla, and Santiago Tuxtla to the south; Lerdo de Tejada, Saltabarranca, and Santiago Tuxtla to the east; and Acula and Amatitlán to the west. Alvarado is a city in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. ... JosÃ© Azueta is a municipality located on the Pacific coast in the western part of the state of Guerrero in Mexico. ... Look up isla in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... AmatitlÃ¡n is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. ...

The municipality is drained by the San Juan and Tuxpan rivers, which are tributaries of the larger Río Papaloapan. RÃo San Juan is a department in Nicaragua. ... The Tuxpan River in Mexico flows into the Gulf of Mexico near the city and port of Tuxpan de RodrÃguez Cano in the state of Veracruz. ... The Río Papaloapan is one of the main rivers of the Mexican state of Veracruz. ...

The Town

The municipal seat, the town of Tlacotalpan, was founded as a river port on the banks of the Papaloapan in the mid-16th century. It was chosen as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998 because the "urban layout and architecture of Tlacotalpan represent a fusion of Spanish and Caribbean traditions of exceptional importance and quality... Its outstanding character lies in its townscape of wide streets, modest houses in an exuberant variety of styles and colours, and many mature trees in public and private open spaces." (UNESCO, 1998.) Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... â€œWest Indianâ€ redirects here. ...

The name "Tlacotalpan" is Nahuatl meaning "place between the rivers", akin to "Mesopotamia". Nahuatl is a native language of central Mexico. ... Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, and parts of eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and southwest Iran. ...

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World Heritage Sites in Mexico

Agave Landscape of Tequila · Calakmul · Campeche · Chichen Itza · Ciudad Universitaria · El Tajín · Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda · Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines · Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara · Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California · Luis Barragán House and Studio · Mexico City and Xochimilco · Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl · Morelia · Oaxaca and Monte Albán · Palenque · Paquimé, Casas Grandes · Puebla · Querétaro · Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco · Sian Ka'an · Teotihuacán · Tlacotalpan · Uxmal · Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino · Xochicalco · Zacatecas A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... Species see text. ... Tequila is a municipality in the central part of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. ... Calakmul is the name of both a municipality and a major archeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche, in the central part of the Yucatán Peninsula. ... View of Campeche, showing Cathedral and part of old city fortifications Campeche is a city of Mexico located at 19Â°85â€² N 90Â°53â€² W, on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. ... Temple of the Warriors Chichen Itza is the largest of the Pre-Columbian archaeological sites in Yucat n, Mexico. ... Ciudad Universitaria (University City) is UNAMs main campus, located in CoyoacÃ¡n borough in the southern part of Mexico City. ... El TajÃn is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site near the city of Papantla, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. ... The Franciscan Missions of the Sierra Gorda, QuerÃ©taro, Mexico were declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 2003. ... A view of downtown Guanajuato from one of its many hills. ... Chapel of Hospicio CabaÃ±as The Hospicio CabaÃ±as in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico is one of the oldest and largest hospital complexes in Spanish America and a World Heritage Site. ... Nickname: Location of Mexico City in central Mexico Coordinates: , Country Mexico Federal entity Federal District Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded (as Tenochtitlan) c. ... Xochimilco within the Federal District Chalupa boats at the floating gardens of Xochimilco. ... There are several monasteries near the PopocatÃ©petl volcano in central Mexico which were built in the 16th-century by members of the Franciscan, Dominican and Augustinian orders. ... This article is about the city. ... For current news on the Oaxaca Teachers Strike of 2006 see: 2006 Oaxaca protests Oaxaca is the name of both a state in Mexico and that states capital city. ... Monte AlbÃ¡n is a large archeological site in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. ... The Palace, Ruins of Palenque Palenque is a Maya archeological site near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas, located at about 130 km south of Ciudad del Carmen (see map). ... Casas Grandes (Great Houses), a small village in Mexico, in the state of Chihuahua, situated on the Casas Grandes or San Miguel river, about 35 m. ... Nickname: Location of Puebla in central Mexico Coordinates: Country Mexico State Puebla Founded 1531 Government - Mayor Enrique Doger (PRI) Area - City 546 kmÂ² (211 sq mi) Elevation 2,175 m (7,136 ft) Population (2005) - City 1,485,941 - Density 5,741/kmÂ² (14,869. ... Latitude 20. ... The Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco is the name of the prehistoric rock art found in the Sierra de San francisco region of Baja California, Mexico. ... Sian Kaan is a biosphere reserve in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. ... TeotihuacÃ¡n[1] was, at its height in the first half of the 1st millennium CE, the largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas. ... Panorama of Uxmal Uxmal (, ) is a large Pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in the state of YucatÃ¡n, Mexico. ... // Located at the center of the Baja California Peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and Sea of Cortez or Gulf of California, lays Mexicoâ€™s most dramatic wildlife refuge. ... Xochicalco is a pre-Columbian archeological site in the western part of the Morelos, Mexico. ... Zacatecas is a city in Mexico, the capital of the state of Zacatecas. ...