Tuxpan

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Municipality and city in Veracruz, Mexico

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::summary Municipality and city in Veracruz, Mexico ::

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leader_titleMunicipal President
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coordinates
websitehttp://tuxpanveracruz.gob.mx/
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In the 1870s, a small colony of some hundreds of former Confederate (Southern U.S.) officers, soldiers and diplomats was established.

Name

Tuxpan or Túxpam, pronounced in Nahuatl, the language of the ancient Nahuas, literally means "Place of Rabbits", a compound of tochtli "rabbit" and -pan "place". ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/La_asunción.JPG" caption="Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción at night"] ::

Economy

Main article: Port of Tuxpan

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. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Calle_Tuxpan.JPG" caption="A street in downtown Tuxpan"] ::

Geography

The city is located on the banks of the Tuxpan River, which reaches the Gulf of Mexico 11 km downstream.

Climate

Tuxpan experiences a tropical climate with warm winters and hot summers. |location = Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano (1951–2010) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan record high C = 41.0 |Feb record high C = 44.0 |Mar record high C = 45.8 |Apr record high C = 43.0 |May record high C = 42.0 |Jun record high C = 41.8 |Jul record high C = 41.8 |Aug record high C = 43.5 |Sep record high C = 48.8 |Oct record high C = 41.2 |Nov record high C = 41.8 |Dec record high C = 37.5 |year record high C = 48.8 |Jan high C = 25.0 |Feb high C = 26.7 |Mar high C = 29.2 |Apr high C = 31.7 |May high C = 32.7 |Jun high C = 33.2 |Jul high C = 33.0 |Aug high C = 33.6 |Sep high C = 33.1 |Oct high C = 31.5 |Nov high C = 28.7 |Dec high C = 26.2 |year high C = 30.4 |Jan mean C = 20.7 |Feb mean C = 22.1 |Mar mean C = 24.5 |Apr mean C = 27.0 |May mean C = 28.1 |Jun mean C = 28.7 |Jul mean C = 28.6 |Aug mean C = 28.9 |Sep mean C = 28.4 |Oct mean C = 26.7 |Nov mean C = 24.1 |Dec mean C = 22.0 |year mean C = 25.8 |Jan low C = 16.4 |Feb low C = 17.6 |Mar low C = 19.9 |Apr low C = 22.3 |May low C = 23.5 |Jun low C = 24.2 |Jul low C = 24.2 |Aug low C = 24.2 |Sep low C = 23.8 |Oct low C = 22.0 |Nov low C = 19.5 |Dec low C = 17.8 |year low C = 21.3 |Jan record low C = 0.8 |Feb record low C = 7.0 |Mar record low C = 8.8 |Apr record low C = 9.0 |May record low C = 8.5 |Jun record low C = 11.5 |Jul record low C = 19.8 |Aug record low C = 14.0 |Sep record low C = 16.0 |Oct record low C = 9.0 |Nov record low C = 6.8 |Dec record low C = 4.5 |year record low C = 0.8 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 39.5 |Feb precipitation mm = 50.0 |Mar precipitation mm = 38.6 |Apr precipitation mm = 54.1 |May precipitation mm = 78.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 207.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 170.8 |Aug precipitation mm = 179.9 |Sep precipitation mm = 266.4 |Oct precipitation mm = 132.2 |Nov precipitation mm = 87.1 |Dec precipitation mm = 50.6 |year precipitation mm = 1355.6 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 8.4 |Feb precipitation days = 7.3 |Mar precipitation days = 7.4 |Apr precipitation days = 6.8 |May precipitation days = 6.7 |Jun precipitation days = 12.0 |Jul precipitation days = 13.1 |Aug precipitation days = 13.9 |Sep precipitation days = 14.0 |Oct precipitation days = 11.2 |Nov precipitation days = 8.0 |Dec precipitation days = 8.6 |year precipitation days = 117.4 |Jan humidity = 81 |Feb humidity = 83 |Mar humidity = 82 |Apr humidity = 82 |May humidity = 77 |Jun humidity = 82 |Jul humidity = 82 |Aug humidity = 80 |Sep humidity = 82 |Oct humidity = 83 |Nov humidity = 85 |Dec humidity = 86 |year humidity = 82 |Jan sun = 112 |Feb sun = 132 |Mar sun = 174 |Apr sun = 168 |May sun = 209 |Jun sun = 203 |Jul sun = 211 |Aug sun = 225 |Sep sun = 155 |Oct sun = 174 |Nov sun = 139 |Dec sun = 98 |year sun = 2000 |source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico National (humidity 1981–2000){{cite web |url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Normales5110/NORMAL30229.TXT |title = Estado de Veracruz–Estacion: Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano (SMN) |work = NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1951–2010 |publisher = Servicio Meteorológico National |language = es |access-date = 6 May 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224414/http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Normales5110/NORMAL30229.TXT |archive-date = 2016-03-03 |url-status = dead |url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Max-Extr/00030/00030229.TXT |title = Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano (SMN) 1961–1989 |publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |language = es |access-date = 6 May 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204004/http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Max-Extr/00030/00030229.TXT |archive-date = 2016-03-03 |url-status = dead |url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/observatorios/historica/tuxpan.pdf |title = NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1981–2000 |publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |language = es |access-date = 6 May 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150425171129/http://smn.cna.gob.mx/observatorios/historica/tuxpan.pdf |archive-date = 2015-04-25 |url-status = dead |source 2 = Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun, 1961–1990) | url = ftp://ftp-cdc.dwd.de/pub/CDC/observations_global/CLIMAT/multi_annual/sunshine_duration/1961_1990.txt | title = Station 76640 Tuxpan, VER. | work = Global station data 1961–1990—Sunshine Duration | publisher = Deutscher Wetterdienst | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171017195327/ftp://ftp-cdc.dwd.de/pub/CDC/observations_global/CLIMAT/multi_annual/sunshine_duration/1961_1990.txt | archive-date = 2017-10-17 | url-status = dead | access-date = 6 May 2015}} |date=May 2015}}

Transport

Port of Tuxpan

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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

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Facultad_de_Ciencias_Biologicas_y_Agropecuarias.JPG" caption="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

Notes

References

  1. (9 June 2020). "Enrique Rodríguez Cano: Legado a 65 años de su fallecimiento".
  2. "Tuxpan Census 2020".
  3. (2011). "Leaving the United States for the "Land of Liberty": Postbellum Confederates in Mexico". University of Texas at Austin.

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