Veracruz metropolitan area | |
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Zona Metropolitana de Veracruz (Spanish) | |
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.