Eastern Mexico

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  Eastern Mexico.

The Eastern Mexico (Spanish: Oriente de México) or also called East-Central Mexico (Spanish: Centro-Oriente de México), is a region of United Mexican States, formed by the states of Hidalgo, Puebla, Tlaxcala and Veracruz. There are five ethnic groups living in the East-Central area: Nahuas and Totonac in the west, Otomi in the northwest, the Tepehuas (within the limits of the States of Hidalgo, Puebla and Veracruz), and the Huastecos in La Huasteca region.[1] The rest of the population are mestizos, afro-Mexican[2] and caucasian.

The largest unextracted oil reserves in Mexico are in this area, in the area known as Chicontepec, with a size of approximately 139 billion barrels.[3]

States

State Official Name

Estado Libre y Soberano de:

 Flag Capital Largest city Area[4] Population (2010)[5] Order of Admission
to Federation		 Date of Admission
to Federation
Hidalgo Hidalgo Pachuca de Soto Pachuca de Soto 02084620,846 km2 (8,049 sq mi) 26650182,665,018 2626 181912141869-01-16[6]
Puebla Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza Puebla de Zaragoza 03429034,290 km2 (13,240 sq mi) 57798295,779,829 044 181912141823-12-21[7]
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl Vicente Guerrero 0039913,991 km2 (1,541 sq mi) 11699361,169,936 2222 181912141856-12-09[8]
Veracruz Veracruz de
Ignacio de la Llave		 Xalapa-Enríquez Veracruz 07182071,820 km2 (27,730 sq mi) 76431947,643,194 077 181912141823-12-22[7]

Major Cities

Pachuca de Soto Tulancingo
Puebla de Zaragoza Cholula Zacatlán
Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl Lázaro Cárdenas
Veracruz Xalapa-Enríquez Córdoba Tlacotalpan

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "La región oriental y el golfo". 
  2. ↑ "Afromexicanos, la tercera raiz cultural". 
  3. ↑ "México halla reserva histórica de petróleo entre Puebla y Veracruz". 
  4. ↑ "INEGI". 
  5. ↑ Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010
  6. ↑ "Congreso del Estado Libre y Soberano de Hidalgo". 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Las Diputaciones Provinciales" (in Spanish). p. 15. 
  8. ↑ "Portal Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala". 
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