Poza Rica de Hidalgo
(PO-sah REE-kah dai ee-DAHL-go), city
(1990 pop. 151,739), Poza Rica de Hidalgo municipio, Veracruz,
Mexico, on the Gulf Coastal Plain in La Huasteca, on Mexico Highways
130 and 180, 151 mi/244 km N of Veracruz;
20°33'N 97°27'W. Elev. 200 ft/61 m. One of
Mexico's oldest and, for many years, its most important oil-production
and -processing center. Area around city retains a fairly large Native
Huastec pop. Tropical agr.; livestock. Formerly Poza Rica.
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Poza Rica de Hidalgo municipio, Veracruz,
Mexico, on the Gulf Coastal Plain in La Huasteca, on Mexico Highways
130 and 180, 151 mi/244 km N of Veracruz;
20°33'N 97°27'W. Elev. 200 ft/61 m. One of
Mexico's oldest and, for many years, its most important oil-production
and -processing center. Area around city retains a fairly large Native
Huastec pop. Tropical agr.; livestock. Formerly Poza Rica.
