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Coordinates: 18°540N 97°00W / 18.90000°N 97.00000°W / 18.90000; -97.00000
 

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Fortín de las Flores
City Hall, Fortín de las Flores
City Hall, Fortín de las Flores
Fortín de las Flores is located in Mexico
Fortín de las Flores

Fortín de las Flores

Coordinates: 18°54′0″N 97°0′0″W / 18.90000°N 97.00000°W / 18.90000; -97.00000
StateVeracruz
MunicipalityFortín
EstablishedLate 18th century
Town status15 July 1955
City status12 November 1959
Government
 • MayorGerardo Rosales Victoria
Elevation
1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • City18,965
 • Metro
53,311 (municip.)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Websitefortin.gob.mx

Fortín de las Flores is a city in the Mexican stateofVeracruz. Fortín de las Flores is the municipal seat of Fortín municipality, which borders the municipalities of Córdoba, Naranjal and Ixtaczoquitlán. It stands on Federal Highways 190 and 180 and the Mexico CitytoVeracruz railway.

In the 2005 INEGI Census, the city reported a total population of 18,965, with 53,311 in the surrounding municipality.[1]

The ravine of Metlac, which borders the Cañón del Río Blanco National Park,[2] is the most famous feature of Fortín de las Flores.[3]

The residents of Fortín de las Flores are considered by freighthopping Central American migrants to be some of the most generous in Mexico.[4]

Fortín de las Flores is home to many insects due to its pleasant weather all year round, with minimal fluctuation in temperature, ranging from 20-32 °C daily. Most notably, it serves as a significant habitat for the Mexican colonial orb-weaving spider, Metepeira incrassata.[5]

Barranca de Metlac (the ravince of Metlac) in an early 20th century postcard.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Fortín". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. INAFED. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  • ^ "Parque Nacional Cañón del Río Blanco". Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático. 27 August 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  • ^ "Barranca de Metlac". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  • ^ Nazario, Sonia. Enrique's Journey. New York: Random House, 2006. p. 104
  • ^ Uetz, George W; Boyle, Jay; Hieber, Craig S; Wilcox, R Stimson (March 2002). "Antipredator benefits of group living in colonial web-building spiders: the 'early warning' effect". Animal Behaviour. 63 (3): 445–452. doi:10.1006/anbe.2001.1918. S2CID 40461807.
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