Eastern Mexico

  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 20,846 km2 (8,049 sq mi) 2,665,018 26 1869-01-16[6]
Puebla Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza Puebla de Zaragoza 34,290 km2 (13,240 sq mi) 5,779,829 4 1823-12-21[7]
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl Vicente Guerrero 3,991 km2 (1,541 sq mi) 1,169,936 22 1856-12-09[8]
Veracruz Veracruz de
Ignacio de la Llave		 Xalapa-Enríquez Veracruz 71,820 km2 (27,730 sq mi) 7,643,194 7 1823-12-22[7]

Major Cities

Major Cities of Hidalgo
Pachuca de Soto Tulancingo
Major Cities of Puebla
Puebla de Zaragoza Cholula Zacatlán
Major Cities of Tlaxcala
Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl Lázaro Cárdenas
Major Cities of Veracruz
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".