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Veracruz (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 19 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 19.2000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 096 08 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -96.1333 decimal degrees |
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Note: First Mexican municipality; moved to present site 1599; main link between colonial Mexico and Spain during 16th-18th centuries; often attacked and captured by pirates, particularly in 1653 and 1712, by the United Stares in 1847 and 1914, and by the French in 1838 and 1861; scene of revolt against Madero in 1912. |
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| Veracruz Llave (preferred,C,V)
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............ | in honor of General Ignacio de la Llave, Veracruz state governor, 1857 |
| Veracruz (C,V,English-P)
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| Heroica Veracruz (NA,V)
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| ורה קרוז (C,U,Hebrew )
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| La Villa Rica de la Veracruz (H,V)
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Veracruz (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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established by Hernán Cortés in 1519, city founded on present site in 1599 |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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created 1599 |
| commercial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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