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JALAPA, XALAPA, or HALAPA

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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JALAPA, XALAPA, or HALAPA

JALAPA, XALAPA, or HALAPA , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of the See also:

state of See also:

VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera Cruz, See also:

Mexico, 70 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail N.W. of the See also:

PORT

port of Vera Cruz. Pop. (1900), 20,388. It is picturesquely situated on the slopes of the sierra which separates the central See also:

plateau from the tierra caliente of the Gulf See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast, at an See also:

ELEVATION

elevation of 4300 ft., and with the Cofre de Perote behind it rising to a height of 13,419 ft. Its See also:

CLIMATE

climate is cool and healthy and the See also:

TOWN

town is frequented in the hot See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season by the wealthier residents of Vera Cruz. The city is well built, in the old See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

style. Among its public buildings are a See also:

FINE

fine old See also:

church, a Franciscan See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent founded by Cortez in 1556, and three hospitals, one of which, that of See also:

San Juan de Dios, See also:

DATES

dates from colonial times. The neighbouring valleys and slopes are fertile, and in the forests of this region is found the plant (See also:

JALAP

jalap), which takes its name from the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place. Jalapa was for a See also:

time the See also:

capital of the state, but its See also:

POLITICAL

political and commercial importance has declined since the opening of the railway between Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico. It manufactures pottery and See also:

leather.

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