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The Port of Veracruz is the oldest and largest port in Mexico, deeply important to its history. [3] [5] [6] During the colonial period, it was the most important port in New Spain, the connection to ports and the Atlantic trade creating a large wealthy merchant class, which was more prosperous than that of Mexico City. [7]
Port traffic in Veracruz account for 10% of all commercial traffic in the country, 23.4% of the port traffic of Mexico and 21% of all port traffic in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Goods imported through the state reach 16 out of Mexico's 31 states plus Mexico City. The port of Veracruz alone handles over 12 million tons of freight per year.
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This is a list of seaports in Mexico. Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea) Port of Veracruz. Altamira, Tamaulipas; Río Largartos, Yucatán;
File:Mexico Veracruz Veracruz location map.svg. Add languages. ... Mapa de localización del municipio de Veracruz en estado de Veracruz, México. Date: 11 May 2014:
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The Port of Coatzacoalcos or Puerto México [1] is an important port facility on Mexico's east coast. It is located at Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, at the southernmost point of the Gulf of Campeche. [1] Mexico’s largest port by cargo volume, Coatzacoalcos mainly handles bulk cargoes, both liquid and dry bulk. [1]
Coatzacoalcos (Spanish: [koatsakoˈalkos]; formerly known as Puerto México; Nahuatl languages: Koatzakwalko; Zapotec: Niniashi; Popoluca: Puertu) is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, mostly on the western side of the Coatzacoalcos River estuary, on the Bay of Campeche, on the southern Gulf of Mexico coast.