Sotavento Region

Sotavento Region
Región del Sotavento
Region
Sotavento Region in the State of Veracruz
Sotavento Region in the State of Veracruz
Country Mexico
StateVeracruz
Municipalities
12
Area
[1][2][a]
 • Total
3,960.69 km2 (1,529.23 sq mi)
 • Rank8th
Lowest elevation
(Gulf of Mexico)
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020)[2][a]
 • Total
1,085,751
 • Rank4th
 • Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Largest municipality by area
Largest municipality by population

Sotavento Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico.[3][4]

Geography

Sotavento Region lies on the southern Gulf Coastal Plain. Sotavento means leeward, and the region lies in the rain shadow of the coastal Sierra de Chiconquiaco, which makes it drier than the rest of Veracruz' coastal lowlands to the north and south. The Veracruz dry forests ecoregion covers much of the region.[5]

It is bounded on the northeast by the Gulf of Mexico, on the east and south by Papaloapan Region, on the west by Mountains Region, and on the north by Capital Region.[3]


Notes

  1. ^ a b Although public, some statistical information about Veracruz provided on the INEGI's website may not be conspicuously displayed and additional steps (query the database, download files) may be required to access it.

References

  1. ^ Estudios Regionales Para la Planeación [Regional Studies for Plannings] (PDF) (in Spanish), Xalapa: SEFIPLAN, 2020, p. 15, retrieved 2022-08-06
  2. ^ a b "México en cifras" (in Spanish). INEGI. 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  3. ^ a b "Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave: Grado de marginación por municipio, 2005" (PDF). Conapo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ López-Balderas, Nayali (7 September 2014). "Seroprevalence of hepatitis viruses and risk factors in blood donors of Veracruz, Mexico". The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 9 (3): 274–282. doi:10.3855/jidc.4812. S2CID 2141145.
  5. ^ "Veracruz dry forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2010-11-19.


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