Zozocolco de Hidalgo | |
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Municipality an toun | |
Coordinates: 20°08′N 97°35′W / 20.133°N 97.583°WCoordinates: 20°08′N 97°35′W / 20.133°N 97.583°W | |
Kintra | ![]() |
State | Veracruz |
Area | |
• Total | 106.11 km2 (40.97 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 12,455 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Staundart Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylicht Time) |
Zozocolco de Hidalgo is a municipality locatit in soothren Veracruz, aboot 100 kilometre (62 mi) frae state caipital, Xalapa. It haes a surface o 106.11 square kilometre (40.97 sq mi) an is locatit at 20°08′N 97°35′W / 20.133°N 97.583°W. The name comes frae the Nahuatl leids: Xoxo-colco, that means “In the potter o clay".
The municipality o Zozocolco haes mairches norlins wi Nautla, eastlins wi Gulf o Mexico, soothlins wi Juchique de Ferrer an wastlins wi Misantla.[1]
It produces principally maize, beans an coffee.
Every September, a festival is held tae celebrate St Michael ([San Miguel] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help)), patron o the toun, an in Dizember thare a festival held in honour o Oor Lady o Guadalupe.
The climate in Zozocolco is wairm-humid wi a average temperatur o 22 °C (72 °F), wi rain in simmer an hairst.