#REDIRECT {{Infobox Region|map = <map lat="20.246842716095824" lng="-95.82604980467147" zoom="6" view="3" float="right" height='330' width='320'/>|type = state|country = Mexico|pop = 7,700,000|seat = Xalapa|plate = Veracruz|motorways = |footnotes = }} '''Veracruz''' is a federal state of [[Mexico]]. Its capital is [[Xalapa]], while the biggest and most important city of this state is also called [[Veracruz (City)|Veracruz]]. Other important cities of Veracruz are [[Poza Rica]] to the north, [[Orizaba]] and [[Córdoba (Veracruz)|Córdoba]] in the center-west (close to Puebla), and [[Minatitlán]] and [[Coatzacoalcos]] to the south. Veracruz is located in the Gulf of Mexico area and shares borders with the states of [[Tamaulipas]] to the north, [[San Luis Potosí]] and [[Hidalgo]] to the west, [[Puebla]] to the southwest, [[Oaxaca]] and [[Chiapas]] to the south, and [[Tabasco]] to the southeast. {{States Mexico}}{{IsIn|Mexico}}[[Category:Mexico]]