Juan Rodríguez Clara | |
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City and municipal seat | |
  Juan Rodríguez Clara Location in Mexico  Juan Rodríguez Clara Juan Rodríguez Clara (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 18°00′N 95°24′W / 18.000°N 95.400°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Veracruz |
| Website | http://juanrodriguezclara.gob.mx/ |
Juan Rodríguez Clara is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the south of the state, about 335 km from the state capital Xalapa. The municipality covers a surface are of 934.20 km2 and the municipal seat is located at 18°00′N 95°24′W / 18.000°N 95.400°W. Formerly known as El Burro and Nopalapan de Zaragoza, the current name commemorates a local martyr to the cause of agrarianism and was adopted in 1925. The municipality was established on 22 December 1960 from land belonging to San Juan Evangelista.[1]
The municipality of Juan Rodríguez Clara is delimited to the north by Hueyapan de Ocampo, to the east by Acayucan and San Juan Evangelista, to the south by the state of Oaxaca, and to the west by Playa Vicente and Isla.[2]
It principally produces maize, beans, rice, watermelon, green chile, sugarcane and pineapple.
In Juan Rodríguez Clara, there is a celebration in December to honor to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the town's patron saint.
The weather in Juan Rodríguez Clara is warm all year with rains in summer and autumn.
References
- ↑ "Juan Rodríguez Clara".
- ↑ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Juan Rodríguez Clara" (in Spanish). Gobierno Estatal. Archived from the original on 2007-04-01. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
External links
- (in Spanish) Municipal official webpage
- (in Spanish) Municipal official information