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Ixhuatlán de Madero

municipality in the State of Veracruz, Mexico

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ3846681 ↗
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Ixhuatlán de Madero is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the north zone of the state, about 376 km from the state capital Xalapa, in the region called Huasteca Baja. It is one of 212 municipalities in Veracruz. It has an area of 598.81 km2. It is located at 20°41′N 98°01′W.

Geography

The municipality of Ixhuatlán de Madero is bordered on the north by Chicontepec de Tejeda, on the east by Temapache, on the south by Hidalgo State and Puebla State, and on the west by Tlachichilco and Benito Juárez.

The area's climate is warm and rainy, with more rain in summer and autumn.

Products

Its principal agricultural products are maize, beans, watermelon, green chile, coffee and orange fruit.

Culture

The town's main celebrations occur in May (5-15) to note the Batalla de Puebla, and in July to honor to San Cristobal, the town's patron saint.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ixhuatlán de Madero” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.