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 of Tuxpan
Coat of arms
Tuxpan is located in Veracruz
Tuxpan
Tuxpan
Location of Tuxpan within the State of Veracruz
Tuxpan is located in Mexico
Tuxpan
Tuxpan
Location of Tuxpan within Mexico
Coordinates: 20°57′N 97°24′W / 20.950°N 97.400°W / 20.950; -97.400
Country Mexico
StateVeracruz
Government
 • Municipal PresidentAlberto Silva Ramos
Area
 • Total1,061.9 km2 (410.0 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total154,600
 • Seat
89,557
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Websitehttp://tuxpanveracruz.gob.mx/
Historical population
YearPop.±%
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%
[1]

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]

Name

Tuxpan or Túxpam, pronounced [ˈtuʃpan] in Nahuatl, the language of the ancient Nahuas, literally means "Place of Rabbits", a compound of tochtli "rabbit" and -pan "place".

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción at night

Economy

Being the nearest port to Mexico City, Tuxpan is an important commercial link for Mexican imports and exports. Tuxpan is now primarily a grain port, with emphasis on soybeans and maize. Off-shore links to oil pipelines are used to transfer petroleum products to and from tanker ships operated by Pemex, Mexico's state-owned oil company. As part of the Pemex operations and infrastructure in the city, a facility on the river manufactures and maintains oil rigs for use in the Gulf of Mexico.

A street in downtown Tuxpan

Geography

The city is located on the banks of the Tuxpan River, which reaches the Gulf of Mexico 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) downstream.

Climate

Tuxpan experiences a tropical climate with warm winters and hot summers.

Climate data for Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano (1951–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 41.0
(105.8)		 44.0
(111.2)		 45.8
(114.4)		 43.0
(109.4)		 42.0
(107.6)		 41.8
(107.2)		 41.8
(107.2)		 43.5
(110.3)		 48.8
(119.8)		 41.2
(106.2)		 41.8
(107.2)		 37.5
(99.5)		 48.8
(119.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 25.0
(77.0)		 26.7
(80.1)		 29.2
(84.6)		 31.7
(89.1)		 32.7
(90.9)		 33.2
(91.8)		 33.0
(91.4)		 33.6
(92.5)		 33.1
(91.6)		 31.5
(88.7)		 28.7
(83.7)		 26.2
(79.2)		 30.4
(86.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 20.7
(69.3)		 22.1
(71.8)		 24.5
(76.1)		 27.0
(80.6)		 28.1
(82.6)		 28.7
(83.7)		 28.6
(83.5)		 28.9
(84.0)		 28.4
(83.1)		 26.7
(80.1)		 24.1
(75.4)		 22.0
(71.6)		 25.8
(78.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 16.4
(61.5)		 17.6
(63.7)		 19.9
(67.8)		 22.3
(72.1)		 23.5
(74.3)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.2
(75.6)		 23.8
(74.8)		 22.0
(71.6)		 19.5
(67.1)		 17.8
(64.0)		 21.3
(70.3)
Record low °C (°F) 0.8
(33.4)		 7.0
(44.6)		 8.8
(47.8)		 9.0
(48.2)		 8.5
(47.3)		 11.5
(52.7)		 19.8
(67.6)		 14.0
(57.2)		 16.0
(60.8)		 9.0
(48.2)		 6.8
(44.2)		 4.5
(40.1)		 0.8
(33.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 39.5
(1.56)		 50.0
(1.97)		 38.6
(1.52)		 54.1
(2.13)		 78.9
(3.11)		 207.5
(8.17)		 170.8
(6.72)		 179.9
(7.08)		 266.4
(10.49)		 132.2
(5.20)		 87.1
(3.43)		 50.6
(1.99)		 1,355.6
(53.37)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 8.4 7.3 7.4 6.8 6.7 12.0 13.1 13.9 14.0 11.2 8.0 8.6 117.4
Average relative humidity (%) 81 83 82 82 77 82 82 80 82 83 85 86 82
Mean monthly sunshine hours 112 132 174 168 209 203 211 225 155 174 139 98 2,000
Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico National (humidity 1981–2000)[4][5][6]
Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun, 1961–1990)[7][lower-alpha 1]

Transport

Port of Tuxpan

Port of Tuxpam
Tuxpan port facilities
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Native name
Puerto de Túxpam
Location
Coordinates20°57′34.59″N 97°19′47.4″W / 20.9596083°N 97.329833°W / 20.9596083; -97.329833

Sometimes referred to as the "Puerto de Tuxpan", the port is able to handle supertanker-sized cargo ships. Due to increasing commercial shipping traffic in the city of Veracruz, Tuxpan is now the headquarters for the Mexican Navy's Gulf fleet. As such, it is the home port for several warships including three frigates named Allende, Abasolo and Victoria. These ships were originally Knox-class frigates built in the 1960s. They were purchased from the United States Navy in the mid to late 1990s after their decommissioning.

Tuxpan was also the port of departure for the yacht Granma that was used to transport Fidel Castro, his brother Raúl, Che Guevara and other fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 for the purpose of overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista. A small museum near the river has photographs and other related memorabilia.

Education

Biological and Agricultural Sciences Faculty at Tuxpan

Universidad Veracruzana has two campus in the city. The first, Biological and Agricultural Sciences Faculty opened in 1975 and offers careers related to the fields of Biology, Veterinary and Agricultural Engineering. The second one, the Accountancy Faculty offers careers related to administration and was opened in 1990.

Twin Town

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ "Estado de Veracruz–Estacion: Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano (SMN)". NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1951–2010 (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico National. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano (SMN) 1961–1989" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1981–2000" (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-25. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Station 76640 Tuxpan, VER". Global station data 1961–1990—Sunshine Duration. Deutscher Wetterdienst. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 6 May 2015.

Notes

  1. ↑ Station ID for Tuxpan, VER. is 76640 Use this station ID to locate the sunshine duration
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