Alvarado Municipality
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| Motto: Un municipio con futuro (A municipality with future) | ||
 Alvarado
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| Coordinates: 18°46′52″N 95°45′26″W / 18.78111°N 95.75722°WCoordinates: 18°46′52″N 95°45′26″W / 18.78111°N 95.75722°W | ||
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 Mexico
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| State |
 Veracruz
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| Region | Papaloapan | |
| Municipal seat | Alvarado | |
| Established | 5 September 1818 (as Municipality) | |
| Founded by | Pedro de Alvarado | |
| Settlements | 265 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Bogar Ruiz Rosas (PAN) | |
| • Syndic | Luis Fernando Martínez Sedano | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 840.63 km2 (324.57 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) | |
| Population (2005) | ||
| • Municipality | 48,178 | |
| • Density | 57.32/km2 (148.5/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 22,330 | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | |
| Postal code | 95250 | |
| Demonym | Alvaradian | |
| Website | municipiodealvarado.gob.mx | |
Alvarado Municipality is one of the 212 municipalities of the Mexican state of Veracruz which municipal seat is established in the city of Alvarado.
On 1816, the citizens of the village of San Cristóbal de Alvarado sought the designation of Town from Ferdinand VII, King of Spain. The King granted the village the title of Town on 8 September 1816 by Royal Decree, which had a cost of 92,800 maravedís. Almost two years later, on 5 September 1818 the same Ferdinand VII authorized the first Honorable Ayuntamiento or city council. On 3 October 1818, the first City Council was established with Tomás Hondal serving as first Mayor.
Once the Independence War was over, the State redacted its own Constitution in which the state territory was divided in 4 departments and 12 cantons. The municipality of Alvarado was assigned to the Canton of Veracruz in the Department of Veracruz.
The municipality has an extension of 840.63 km2 (324.57 sq mi) and counts with 265 settlements, from which 2 are urban.
The municipality has an elevation of 10 m (33 ft) and is located in the state's Papaloapan region and is bordered by Boca del Río, Tlalixcoyan, Medellín, Ignacio de la Llave, Ixmatlahuacan, Acula, Tlacotalpan and Lerdo de Tejada.
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