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ORIZABA (See also:Indian name Ahuaializ-apan, pleasant See also:waters) , a See also:city of See also:Mexico in the See also:state of See also:Vera Cruz, 82 m. by See also:rail W.S.W. of the See also:port of Vera Cruz. Pop. (Igo()) 32,894, including a large percentage of See also:Indians and See also:half-breeds. The Mexican railwayaffords frequent communication with the City of Mexico and Vera Cruz, and a See also:short See also:line (42 m.) connects with Ingenio, an See also:industrial See also:village. Orizaba stands in a fertile, well-watered, and richly wooded valley of the Sierra Madre See also:Oriental, 4025 ft. above See also:sea-level, and about 18 m. S. of the See also:snow-crowned See also:volcano that bears its name. It has a mild, humid and healthful See also:climate. The public edifices include the See also:parish See also:church of See also:San See also:Miguel, a chamber of See also:commerce, a handsome See also:theatre, and some hospitals. The city is the centre of a See also:rich agricultural region which produces See also:sugar, See also:rum, See also:tobacco and Indian See also:corn. In colonial times, when tobacco was one of the See also:crown monopolies, Orizaba was one of the districts officially licensed to produce it. It is also a manufacturing centre of importance, having See also:good See also:water See also:power from the Rio Blanco and producing See also:cotton and woollen fabrics. Its cotton factories are among the largest in the See also:republic.

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Paper is also made at Cocolapan in the See also:canton of Orizaba. The forests in this vicinity are noted for See also:orchids and ferns. An Indian See also:town called Ahuaializapan, subject to Aztec See also:rule, stood here when See also:Cortes arrived on the See also:coast. The See also:Spanish town that succeeded it did not receive its See also:charter until 1774, though it was one of the stopping-places between Vera Cruz and the See also:capital. In 1862 it was the headquarters of the See also:French.

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