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Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, also called simply Veracruz, is one of the thirty-one states that, together with Mexico City, form the United Mexican States. Its capital is Xalapa-Enríquez and its most populated city, Veracruz. It is located in the east of the country. It borders to the north with Tamaulipas, to the east with the Gulf of Mexico, to the southeast with Tabasco and Chiapas, to the south with Oaxaca, to the west with Puebla and Hidalgo, and to the northwest with San Luis Potosí. It has an area of ​​71,820 km². It is the eleventh largest state, with 3.66% of the total area of ​​the country.

Veracruz comprises a long strip of land with irregular edges delimited by the sea and mountains. It is divided into 212 municipalities. It has a population of 8,112,505 inhabitants, 6.8% of the total of the country. It is the third most populated state and the eleventh most densely populated with 113 hab / km². It has a total of eight metropolitan areas: Veracruz, Xalapa, Poza Rica, Orizaba, Minatitlan, Coatzacoalcos, Córdoba and Acayucan. The Olmec, Huastec and Totonac civilizations inhabited the Prehispanic era. The first Spanish contact was in 1518, by an exploration captained by Juan de Grijalva on the Tonalá River. In the Viceroyalty of New Spain the current territory that makes up Veracruz was very similar to the Province of Veracruz.

After the Independence of Mexico, was one of the original federal entities with a territory almost identical to the current and with the enactment of the Constitution of 1857 reached its current extension. Its Human Development Index is 0.713, considered High. It is the fifth state with the lowest HDI. As an example of its cultural importance at an international level, it houses two of thirty-five places considered World Heritage Sites in Mexico: the Pre-Hispanic City of El Tajín and the Historical Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan. The name of "Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave" is due to the homonymous city of Veracruz and the ex-governor Ignacio de la Llave.