Jalcomulco
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| leader_party = MC
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = David Meza Hernández
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| population_total = 5,054
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{{Historical populations
|1995 | 4,517
|2000 | 4,416
|2005 | 4,690
|2010 | 4,940
|2015 | 5,006
|2020 | 5,054
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File:View over Jalcomulco, Veracruz.jpg
File:Jalcomulco town centre.jpg
Jalcomulco is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz, founded in 1825.
Geography
The municipality is located in the central zone of the state, about {{convert|29|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Xalapa, the state capital and {{convert|359|km|mi|abbr=on}}, from Mexico City. It has a land area of 72.4 km2.
The municipality of Jalcomulco is bounded to the north by Emiliano Zapata, to the east by Apazapan, to the south and south-west by Tlaltetela, and to the north-west by Coatepec.{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30088a.htm|title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Jalcomulco|publisher=Gobierno Estatal|language=es|access-date=2009-06-10|archive-date=28 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328110558/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30088a.htm|url-status=dead}}
=Climate=
The weather in Jalcomulco is warm all year with rain in summer and autumn.
Annual precipitation is 1,125 mm.
The average temperature is 24 °C, (75 °F).
Demographics
As 2020, the municipality had a population of 5,054 inhabitants in just 4 localities.[http://ceieg.veracruz.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2022/09/Jalcomulco.CM_.Ver_.2022.4.pdf 2020 Jalcomulco CENSUS] The localities are Jalcomulco (3,150 hab.), Santa María Tatetla (1,707 hab.), Tacotalpan (153 hab.) and Rivera del Río (44 hab.).
Economy
The region principally produces maize, coffee, sugarcane, and mango. It also produces cattle and poultry.
Since the early 1990s ecotourism has been an important part of the economy of the region, with more than a dozen hotels and professional dealers of adventure travel.
Culture
In May, a celebration takes place in Jalcomulco to honor San Juan Bautista, the Patron saint of the town.
Sports and activities
File:Bridge over Rio de los Pescados (Río Antigua), Jalcomulco.jpg
The Río de los Pescados section of the Rio Antigua is a whitewater river that flows through the town of Jalcomulco and is commercially rafted.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
Other activities to practice in town are rappelling, climbing, hiking, tyrolean crossing, mountain biking, landscape photography, and temazcal.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
Filming location
Two-thirds of the scenes of the movie Romancing the Stone (1984) was filmed in this area.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{in lang|es}} [http://www.jalcomulco.gob.mx Municipal official webpage]
- {{in lang|es}} [http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=jalcomulco.pdf Municipal official information]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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