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Jalcomulco is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico, founded in 1825. It is located in central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 29 km (18 mi), from State Capital, Xalapa and 359 km (223 mi), from Mexico City. It has a land area of 58.40 km².

Jalcomulco
Municipality
Jalcomulco Location of Jalcomulco within Mexico
Coordinates: 19°20′N 96°46′W
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Government
• Municipal President	Primo Bonilla Morales
Area
• Total	58.4 km2 (22.5 sq mi)
Elevation	1,417 m (4,649 ft)
Population
• Total	4,690
• Density	80.31/km2 (208.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Website

The municipality of Jalcomulco is bounded to the north by Emiliano Zapata, to the east by Apazapan, to the south and south-west by Tlaltetela, and to the north-west by Coatepec.[1]

Name

Its name comes from the Nahuatl language. Xalkomolko: Xalli, sand; Komol, Casserole or hole; and ko, in. In the corner of the sand.

Pronounced in Spanish: Halkomulko.

Climate

The weather in Jalcomulco is warm all year with rain in summer and autumn.

Annual precipitation is 1,125 mm.

The average temperature is 24 °C, (75 °F).

Economy

The region principally produces maize, coffee, sugarcane, and mango. It also produces cattle and poultry.

Since the early 1990s ecotourism has been an important part of the economy of the region, with more than a dozen hotels and professional dealers of adventure travel.

Main celebration

In May, a celebration takes place in Jalcomulco to honor San Juan Bautista, the Patron saint of the town.

Sports and activities

The Río de los Pescados section of the Rio Antigua is a whitewater river that flows through the town of Jalcomulco and is commercially rafted.

Other activities to practice in town are rappelling, climbing, hiking, tyrolean crossing, mountain biking, landscape photography, and temazcal.

Filming location

Two-thirds of the scenes of the movie Romancing the Stone (1984) was filmed in this area.

References

External links

• (in Spanish) Municipal official webpage
• (in Spanish) Municipal official information^{[permanent dead link]}

На других языках

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- [en] Jalcomulco

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[ru] Халькомулько (муниципалитет)

Халькомулько (исп. Jalcomulco) — муниципалитет в Мексике, штат Веракрус, расположен в Столичном регионе штата. Административный центр — город Халькомулько.

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