José Azueta is a Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. It is located in south zone of the State of Veracruz, about 205 km from state capital Xalapa

Xalapa

Xalapa-Enríquez, commonly Xalapa or Jalapa, is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the year 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat reported a population of...

. It has a surface of 582.63 km². It is located at 18°04′N 95°42′W.

The municipality of José Azueta is delimited to the north by Tlacotalpan

Tlacotalpan

The city of Tlacotalpan is located in the eastern coastal region of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Although the area had been inhabited since pre-Columbian times, the modern-day settlement was founded as a river port on the banks of the Río Papaloapan in the mid-16th century...

 and Amatitlán

Amatitlán

Amatitlán is a town in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. The main industry of the town during colonial times was the preparation of cochineal...

 to the east by Isla

Isla, Veracruz

Isla in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in south zone of the State of Veracruz, about 370 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 714.80 km2...

, to the south by Playa Vicente

Playa Vicente

Playa Vicente is a municipality located in the south zone of the State of Veracruz, about 220 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 2,122.14 km2. It is located at .-Geographic Limits:...

, to the west by Chacaltianguis

Chacaltianguis

Chacaltianguis is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in the south of the state of Veracruz. It has a surface of 557.69 km2. It is located at ....

, Cosamaloapan

Cosamaloapan

Cosamaloapan is a municipality located in the plains of the Sotavento zone in the central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 240 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 323.26 km2. It is located at ....

 and Oaxaca

Oaxaca

Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...

 State.

It produces principally maize

Maize

Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...

, beans, rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

, watermelon

Watermelon

Watermelon is a vine-like flowering plant originally from southern Africa. Its fruit, which is also called watermelon, is a special kind referred to by botanists as a pepo, a berry which has a thick rind and fleshy center...

, green chile and sugarcane

Sugarcane

Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...

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In José Azueta , in November takes place the celebration in honor to Cristo Rey, Patron of the town.

The weather in José Azueta is warm all year with rains in summer and autumn.

External links

Municipal Official webpage Municipal Official Information