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JALAPA, XALAPA, or HALAPA

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JALAPA, XALAPA, or HALAPA  , a city of the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 70 M. by
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rail N.W. of the
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port of Vera Cruz . Pop . (1900), 20,388 . It is picturesquely situated on the slopes of the sierra which separates the central plateau from the tierra caliente of the Gulf Coast, at an
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elevation of 4300 ft., and with the Cofre de Perote behind it rising to a height of 13,419 ft . Its
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climate is cool and healthy and the
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town is frequented in the hot season by the wealthier residents of Vera Cruz . The city is well built, in the old
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Spanish style . Among its public buildings are a
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fine old church, a Franciscan convent founded by Cortez in 1556, and three hospitals, one of which, that of
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San Juan de Dios,
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dates from colonial times . The neighbouring valleys and slopes are fertile, and in the forests of this region is found the plant (
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jalap), which takes its name from the place . Jalapa was for a time the capital of the state, but its
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political and commercial importance has declined since the opening of the railway between Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico . It manufactures pottery and leather .

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I ones visited Jalapas and fell in love with the town and it's places been trying to find a sculptor Alfonso by name, would love to find him. I am a sculptor from Naguabo Puerto Rico David Aponte Resto
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