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{{Short description|Municipality and city in Veracruz, Mexico}}
{{Redirect|Tuxpam|other uses|Tuxpan (disambiguation)|and|Tuxpam (disambiguation)}}
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{{Historical populations
|1995 | 127,622
|2000 | 126,616
|2005 | 134,394
|2010 | 143,362
|2015 | 161,829
|2020 | 154,600
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'''Tuxpan''' (or '''Túxpam''', fully '''Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano''', for [[Enrique Rodríguez Cano]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ruizhealytimes.com/enrique-rodriguez/enrique-rodriguez-cano-legado-a-65-anos-de-su-fallecimiento/ | title=Enrique Rodríguez Cano: Legado a 65 años de su fallecimiento | date=9 June 2020 }}</ref>) is both a [[Municipalities of Veracruz|municipality]] and [[city]] located in the [[List of states of Mexico|Mexican state]] of [[Veracruz]]. The population of the city was 89,557 and of the municipality was 154,600 inhabitants, according to the [[National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Data Processing|INEGI]] census of 2020,<ref name="CENSUSTUXPAN2020">{{cite web |url=http://ceieg.veracruz.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/06/TUXPAN_2021.pdf |title=Tuxpan Census 2020 |language=es |access-date=August 1, 2023 }}</ref> residing in a total area of {{convert|1,051.89|km2|abbr=on}}. The municipality includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which are [[Alto Lucero, Tuxpan, Veracruz|Alto Lucero]] (20,380 inhabitants) and [[Santiago de la Peña]] (8,178 inhabitants). A local beachside community is also nearby.

In the 1870s, a small [[Confederate colonies|colony]] of some hundreds of former Confederate (Southern U.S.) officers, soldiers and diplomats was established.<ref>{{cite thesis|last1=Kinney|first1=Emily|title=Leaving the United States for the "Land of Liberty": Postbellum Confederates in Mexico|url=http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/ETD-UT-2011-08-4351|publisher=University of Texas at Austin|access-date=11 October 2014|format=MA Thesis|year=2011|type=thesis}}</ref>

==Name==

Tuxpan or Túxpam, pronounced {{IPA|nah|ˈtuʃpan|}} in [[Nahuatl]], the language of the ancient [[Nahuas]], literally means "Place of [[Rabbit]]s", a compound of ''tochtli'' "rabbit" and ''-pan'' "place".
[[File:La asunción.JPG|thumb|left|260px|Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción at night]]

==Economy==
{{main|Port of Tuxpan}}
Being the nearest [[port]] to [[Mexico City]], [[Port of Tuxpan|Tuxpan]] is an important commercial link for Mexican [[import]]s and [[export]]s. Tuxpan is now primarily a [[grain trade|grain port]], with emphasis on [[soybean]]s and [[maize]]. Off-shore links to oil pipelines are used to transfer petroleum products to and from tanker ships operated by [[Pemex]], Mexico's state-owned oil company. As part of the Pemex operations and infrastructure in the city, a facility on the river manufactures and maintains oil rigs for use in the Gulf of Mexico.
[[File:Calle Tuxpan.JPG|thumb|left|260px|A street in downtown Tuxpan]]

==Geography==
The city is located on the banks of the [[Tuxpan River (Veracruz)|Tuxpan River]], which reaches the [[Gulf of Mexico]] {{convert|11|km}} downstream.

===Climate===
Tuxpan experiences a [[tropical climate]] with warm winters and hot summers.
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|location = Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano (1951–2010)
|metric first = yes
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|Jan record high C = 41.0
|Feb record high C = 44.0
|Mar record high C = 45.8
|Apr record high C = 43.0
|May record high C = 42.0
|Jun record high C = 41.8
|Jul record high C = 41.8
|Aug record high C = 43.5
|Sep record high C = 48.8
|Oct record high C = 41.2
|Nov record high C = 41.8
|Dec record high C = 37.5
|year record high C = 48.8
|Jan high C = 25.0
|Feb high C = 26.7
|Mar high C = 29.2
|Apr high C = 31.7
|May high C = 32.7
|Jun high C = 33.2
|Jul high C = 33.0
|Aug high C = 33.6
|Sep high C = 33.1
|Oct high C = 31.5
|Nov high C = 28.7
|Dec high C = 26.2
|year high C = 30.4
|Jan mean C = 20.7
|Feb mean C = 22.1
|Mar mean C = 24.5
|Apr mean C = 27.0
|May mean C = 28.1
|Jun mean C = 28.7
|Jul mean C = 28.6
|Aug mean C = 28.9
|Sep mean C = 28.4
|Oct mean C = 26.7
|Nov mean C = 24.1
|Dec mean C = 22.0
|year mean C = 25.8
|Jan low C = 16.4
|Feb low C = 17.6
|Mar low C = 19.9
|Apr low C = 22.3
|May low C = 23.5
|Jun low C = 24.2
|Jul low C = 24.2
|Aug low C = 24.2
|Sep low C = 23.8
|Oct low C = 22.0
|Nov low C = 19.5
|Dec low C = 17.8
|year low C = 21.3
|Jan record low C = 0.8
|Feb record low C = 7.0
|Mar record low C = 8.8
|Apr record low C = 9.0
|May record low C = 8.5
|Jun record low C = 11.5
|Jul record low C = 19.8
|Aug record low C = 14.0
|Sep record low C = 16.0
|Oct record low C = 9.0
|Nov record low C = 6.8
|Dec record low C = 4.5
|year record low C = 0.8
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|Jan precipitation mm = 39.5
|Feb precipitation mm = 50.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 38.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 54.1
|May precipitation mm = 78.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 207.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 170.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 179.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 266.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 132.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 87.1
|Dec precipitation mm = 50.6
|year precipitation mm = 1355.6
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 8.4
|Feb precipitation days = 7.3
|Mar precipitation days = 7.4
|Apr precipitation days = 6.8
|May precipitation days = 6.7
|Jun precipitation days = 12.0
|Jul precipitation days = 13.1
|Aug precipitation days = 13.9
|Sep precipitation days = 14.0
|Oct precipitation days = 11.2
|Nov precipitation days = 8.0
|Dec precipitation days = 8.6
|year precipitation days = 117.4
|Jan humidity = 81
|Feb humidity = 83
|Mar humidity = 82
|Apr humidity = 82
|May humidity = 77
|Jun humidity = 82
|Jul humidity = 82
|Aug humidity = 80
|Sep humidity = 82
|Oct humidity = 83
|Nov humidity = 85
|Dec humidity = 86
|year humidity = 82
|Jan sun = 112
|Feb sun = 132
|Mar sun = 174
|Apr sun = 168
|May sun = 209
|Jun sun = 203
|Jul sun = 211
|Aug sun = 225
|Sep sun = 155
|Oct sun = 174
|Nov sun = 139
|Dec sun = 98
|year sun = 2000
|source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico National (humidity 1981–2000)<ref name=SMN>{{cite web
 |url          = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Normales5110/NORMAL30229.TXT
 |title        = Estado de Veracruz–Estacion: Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano (SMN)
 |work         = NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1951–2010
 |publisher    = Servicio Meteorológico National
 |language     = es
 |access-date   = 6 May 2015
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224414/http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Normales5110/NORMAL30229.TXT
 |archive-date = 2016-03-03
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref><ref name=extremas>{{cite web
 |url          = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Max-Extr/00030/00030229.TXT
 |title        = Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano (SMN) 1961–1989
 |publisher    = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
 |language     = es
 |access-date   = 6 May 2015
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204004/http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Max-Extr/00030/00030229.TXT
 |archive-date = 2016-03-03
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref><ref name=obs>{{cite web
 |url          = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/observatorios/historica/tuxpan.pdf
 |title        = NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1981–2000
 |publisher    = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
 |language     = es
 |access-date   = 6 May 2015
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150425171129/http://smn.cna.gob.mx/observatorios/historica/tuxpan.pdf
 |archive-date = 2015-04-25
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[Deutscher Wetterdienst]] (sun, 1961–1990)<ref name = DWD>
{{cite web
| url = ftp://ftp-cdc.dwd.de/pub/CDC/observations_global/CLIMAT/multi_annual/sunshine_duration/1961_1990.txt
| title = Station 76640 Tuxpan, VER.
| work = Global station data 1961–1990—Sunshine Duration
| publisher = Deutscher Wetterdienst
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171017195327/ftp://ftp-cdc.dwd.de/pub/CDC/observations_global/CLIMAT/multi_annual/sunshine_duration/1961_1990.txt
| archive-date = 2017-10-17
| url-status = dead
| access-date = 6 May 2015}}</ref>{{efn|[https://web.archive.org/web/20171017195318/ftp://ftp-cdc.dwd.de/pub/CDC/help/stations_list_CLIMAT_data.txt Station ID for Tuxpan, VER. is 76640] Use this station ID to locate the sunshine duration}}
|date=May 2015}}
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==Transport==

===Port of Tuxpan===
{{see also|Port of Tuxpan}}
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Sometimes referred to as the "Puerto de Tuxpan", the port is able to handle [[supertanker]]-sized [[cargo ship]]s.
Due to increasing [[commerce|commercial]] [[shipping]] traffic in the city of [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Veracruz]], Tuxpan is now the [[headquarters]] for the [[Mexican Navy]]'s Gulf fleet.  As such, it is the home port for several [[warship]]s including three [[frigate]]s named {{ship|ARM|Allende||2}}, {{ship|ARM|Abasolo||2}} and {{ship|ARM|Victoria||2}}.  These ships were originally {{sclass|Knox|frigate|1}}s built in the 1960s. They were purchased from the [[United States Navy]] in the mid to late 1990s after their decommissioning.

Tuxpan was also the port of departure for the [[Granma (yacht)|yacht ''Granma'']] that was used to transport [[Fidel Castro]], his brother [[Raúl Castro|Raúl]], [[Che Guevara]] and other fighters of the [[Cuban Revolution]] from Mexico to [[Cuba]] in 1956 for the purpose of overthrowing the regime of [[Fulgencio Batista]]. A small museum near the river has photographs and other related memorabilia.

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==Education==
[[File:Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias.JPG|thumb|left|260px|Biological and Agricultural Sciences Faculty at Tuxpan]]
[[Universidad Veracruzana]] has two campus in the city. The first, Biological and Agricultural Sciences Faculty opened in 1975 and offers careers related to the fields of Biology, Veterinary and Agricultural Engineering. The second one, the Accountancy Faculty offers careers related to administration and was opened in 1990.
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==Twin Town==
* {{flagicon|Cuba}} [[Niquero]] ([[Granma Province|Granma]], [[Cuba]])

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110613183420/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110517162104/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_veracruz Veracruz] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
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===Notes===
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Tuxpan, Veracruz|Tuxpan}}
*[http://tuxpanveracruz.gob.mx Tuxpan municipal government]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180121131332/http://diftuxpan.gob.mx/ DIF Tuxpan]
* {{in lang|es}} [http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=tuxpan.pdf{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} Municipal Official Information]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517162104/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_veracruz Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico]

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