Minatitlán, Veracruz
Minatitlán, Veracruz
Minatitlán is a city in southeastern Mexican state of Veracruz in the Olmec region of the state and the north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
In 2010, the metropolitan area is 356 020 hab. The municipality covers an area of 4123.91 square kilometers (1,592.25 square miles) and includes many small outlying communities.
Much of the city sits on reclaimed wetlands, and many new homes built on this reclaimed land have a tendency to sink up to several meters before settling. Much of the surrounding undeveloped land is marshy, especially towards the northeast direction of Coatzacoalcos.
Has Latin America's largest refinery.
It is a sister city of Minatitlán in the state of Colima, on the other side of the country. The local economy is largely dependent on the oil industry and trade.
The Feria del Café y Minería (Coffe and Mining Fair) is held each year in January.
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Transportation
Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos National Airport, located in Cosoleacaque, serves Minatitlán.
Prominent Personalities
- Narciso Vidal Maldonado outstanding scientist, biologist, ornithologist born in Minatitlán, Ver. on June 16, 1941 and died in tragic accident when he went to a scientific expedition to Guadalupe Island, Mexico on April 18, 1984. He was a pioneer in scientific work in Rasa Island and Guadalupe Island in Mexico. Founder and Promoter of the Mexican Society of Ornithology in 1971, Founder and Directive of the Mexican Society of Zoology, 9 of October of 1977, Founder of the Courses of Wild Fauna and Etnofauna Postgraduated Courses at national level. In his memory it took place the II Interdisciplinary Seminar “Natural Society and Natural Resources, Scientific Journey “Narciso Vidal Maldonado”, on March 11-15 of 1985 in the Autonomous University of Chapingo. In tribute to his scientific work were created the Station of Observation and monitoring of birds of the Neotrópico “Narciso Vidal Maldonado” in the Choapas, Ver.; The Station and Observatory of the resident and migratory birds of the Neotrópico “Narciso Vidal Maldonado” in Tuxtepec, Oax. inaugurated during posthumous tribute within the framework of the XXV anniversary of the Mexican Society of Ornithology, in Tuxtepec, Oax, 1996. The Laboratory of Wild Fauna that he created in the Department of Forests of the Autonomous University of Chapingo has his name “Narciso Vidal Maldonado”
- Blanca Estela Pavón was born in Minatitlán.
- Francisco Toledo was born in a cradle of Minatitlán, although it is commonly wrongly attributed to Juchitán, Oaxaca.
- ^ Censo 2010, ZM de Minatitlán Consultado el 26.05.2011
- ^ Jiménez González, Victor Manuel, ed (2010) (in Spanish). Veracruz Guia para descubrir los encantos del estado [Veracruz Guide to discover the charms of the state] (first ed.). Mexico: Editorial Oceano de Mexico SA de CV. p. 23. ISBN 978 607 400 323 9.
- ^ "DIRECTORIO DE OFICINAS DE VENTAS." Aeromar. 4/7. Retrieved on December 27, 2010.
- ^ Sociedad Mexicana de Ornitologia http://academia.cch.unam.mx/SMO/index.php/Quienes_somos
- ^ Sociedad Mexicana de Zoologia http://www.somexzool.org/historia_SOMEXZOOL_1.htm
- ^ Memoria del XV Simposio y IX Congreso Nacionales de Ornitología, http://academia.cch.unam.mx/SMO/images/8/88/Mems_IXCong_XVSimp.pdf
- ^ Memoria de Resumenes VI Congreso y XII Simposio Nacionales de Ornitologia http://academia.cch.unam.mx/SMO/images/2/23/Xiisimp.pdf
