Minatitlán

Home to the Refinería Gral. Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (now named for President Lázaro Cárdenas) a 1906 oil refinery that was the first such facility built in Latin America. The refinery underwent an expansion that started in 2003 to bring the capacity of the plant up to 240,000 barrels per day, up from its previous capacity of 185,000 barrels per day. It is a sister city of Minatitlán, in the state of Colima, on the other side of the country. The local economy is largely dependent on the oil industry and trade. The Feria del Café y Minería (Coffee and Mining Fair) is held each year in January.

• Official Name — Minatitlán • Type — City and municipal seat • Nickname — Tierra de Flechadores (Land of the Archers) • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Mexico • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Veracruz • Subdivision Name2 — Olmeca Region • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Type3 — Municipality • Subdivision Name3 — Minatitlán • Total Type — Municipio • Leader Title — Presidente Municipal • Leader Name — Guillermo Reyes Espronceda (Morena) • Founder — Tadeo Ortiz de Ayala • Established Title — Settled • Established Date — 1826 • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 4124 • Population As Of — 2010 • Population Total — 356020 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Demonym — Minatitleco, Minatitlense • Time Zone — Central Standard Time • Utc Offset — -6 • Elevation M — 20 • Area Code — 922 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 96700 – 96927 • Custom Label Sec2 — Airport • Custom Data Sec2 — Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International Airport • Custom Label1 Sec2 — IATA Code • Custom Data1 Sec2 — MTT • Custom Label2 Sec2 — ICAO Code • Custom Data2 Sec2 — MMMT • Website — http: www.minatitlan.gob.mx/

• Illustration — Riverside view Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International Airport, located in Cosoleacaque, serves Minatitlán. Mexican Federal Highways 145D, 150, 172, 185 pass through Minatitlán. A cable stayed bridge known as Puente Coatza II or Puente Antonio Dovalí Jaime was built to carry Highway 150 over the Coatzacoalcos River. It was constructed starting in 1979 and was opened by president Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado on 17 October 1984. Coatza II has a center span of 288 m and an overall length of 698.25 m. • Illustration — Street view

The Petroleros de Minatitlán (Minatitlán Oilers) play baseball in the Mexican League. The Gavilanes de Minatitlán (Minatitlán Hawks) play in the Veracruz Winter League. Both teams' homefield is the Parque 18 de marzo de 1938.

• Actress Blanca Estela Pavón was born in Minatitlán in 1926. • Artist Francisco Toledo attended school in Minatitlán in the 1940s.

The city is located in the Olmec region of the state and the north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The municipality covers an area of 4123.91 km2 and includes many small outlying communities. Much of the city sits on reclaimed wetlands, and many new homes built on this reclaimed land have a tendency to sink up to several meters before settling. Much of the surrounding undeveloped land is marshy, especially towards the northeast direction of Coatzacoalcos.