Coatzacoalcos

Coatzacoalcos (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Spanish pronunciation: [koatsakoˈalkos]; Koatzakwalko in Nahuatl, Niniashi in Zapotec and Puertu in Popoluca) is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, mostly on the western side of the Coatzacoalcos River estuary, on the Bay of Campeche, on the southern Gulf of Mexico coast. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. The city had a 2020 census population of 212,540, making it the third-largest city in the state after Veracruz and Xalapa. The municipality covers a surface area of 471.16 km2 (181.916 sq mi) and reported a population of 310,698 persons. The municipality population in 2015 was 319,187 a decrease of 9% over 2020.[1] Coatzacoalcos comes from a Nahuatl word meaning "site of the Snake" or "where the snake hides."[2] According to the legend, this is where the god Quetzalcoatl made his final journey to the sea in around 999 and he made his promise to return.