Talk:Veracruz (city)

La villa rica de la vera cruz, is spanish. In catalan it is: La vila rica de la vera creu (the rich town of the red cross). From the royal flag, a red cross on white background (Saint George cross).

Population

As many vandalisms as this page seems to have suffered, I'm guessing this is the product of one. (Vandalism is among the most despicable activities humans have managed to invent).

It seems to me very improbable that the second most populous city in Veracruz is Orizaba, as the text now says. Probably it would be Mina-Coatza, then Xalapa, or Córdoba, and Orizaba below any of these. Anybody have the population statistics handy enough to check this out. I don't have them or the time to look for them.

--Lavintzin 01:21, 27 April 2006 (UTC) link: http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-151&srt=npan&col=hdq&pt=c&va=&geo=-2605[reply]

There y'all go:

As of 2000: Populations Veracruz 535 473 Xalapa 373 076 Orizaba 118 552 Coatza 225 973 Mina 148 896

Even combined, Coatza and Mina don't even come close to the population of el Puerto. Combine them with nearby cities such as Allende, and las Choapas, and you're still not there, especially if you do Veracruz the same favor and add in Boca del Rio, etc. I wouldn't exactly call them a metropolis either, as there is about 10 miles of swamp separating them. I'll change the first paragraph to adequately reflect this. --166.70.29.194 18:47, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]