See also:

• JALAPA, XALAPA, or HALAPA

JALAPA, XALAPA, or HALAPA  , a See also:

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

city of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera Cruz, See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

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 (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

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
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . Among its public buildings are a See also:

• FINE

fine old See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

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

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 . See also:

• JALAPA, XALAPA, or HALAPA

Jalapa was for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

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 (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather .