Minatitlán is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, in the Olmeca region, to the north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, along the Coatzacoalcos River.
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In 2010 the greater metropolitan area had a population of 356,020.
Minatitlán is 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.
From the Wikipedia article Minatitlán, Veracruz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Minatitlán
- Cosoleacaque8.4 km W
- Fraccionamiento Ciudad Olmeca17 km N
- Jáltipan de Morelos17 km W
- Nanchital de Lázaro Cárdenas del Río18 km NE
- Coatzacoalcos20 km NE
- Allende24 km NE
- Acayucan38 km W
- Agua Dulce46 km E
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