CORDOBA  , a

town of the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 55 M . W.S.W. of the port of Vera Cruz, in a highly fertile valley, near the volcano of Orizaba, and 288o ft. above sea-level . Pop . (1895) 7974• The surrounding district produces sugar, tobacco and coffee, C6rdoba being one of the principal coffee-producing centres of Mexico . It also manufactures cotton and woollen fabrics . The town is regularly laid out and built of stone, and contains several handsome edifices, chief of which is the old cathedral . C6rdoba was a town of considerable importance in colonial times, but fell into decay after the revolution . The rail-way from Vera Cruz to Mexico, which passes through it, and the development of coffee production, have helped the city to recover a part of its lost trade .