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Jalapa or Jalapa Enriquez: see Xalapa Xalapa (hälä`pä) or Xalapa Enriquez ..... Click the link for more information. , Mexico. Xalapaalso spelled Jalapa in full Xalapa EnríquezCity (pop., 2000: 373,076), capital of Veracruz state, east-central Mexico. It is located in the Sierra Madre Oriental about 4,680 ft (1,425 m) above sea level. A market city for locally grown coffee, tobacco, and tropical fruits, it was famous in colonial days for its annual fair, held to dispose of the goods brought from Cádiz, Spain, by the returning Spanish silver fleet. The massive Spanish-Moorish architecture of the city is reminiscent of viceregal days. Jalapa a city in E central Mexico, capital of Veracruz State, at an altitude of 1427 m (4681 ft.): resort. Pop.: 525 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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PUERTO DE LIVERPOOL, a Mexican department-store chain, will invest US$120 million building four new retail outlets in Jalapa, Coatzacoalcos, Colima and Mexico City. The battle spot couldn't be more significant: it was in the state of Veracruz, just west of Jalapa, Santa Anna's alleged hometown, and equally important, it was en route to Mexico City, along el Camino National that Cortes and his men cut over two centuries earlier. The "artistic" point is made explicitly in a number of Homages to Franz Kline (notably Jalapa 66, 1974, on view at Andrea Rosen Gallery, or Lima 59, 1975, at Robert Mann), photos of graffiti-like scrawls that bear an uncanny resemblance to the painter's canvases, with their chance drips, broad handling, and quirky tensions of black and white. |
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