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See also: state of See also: Vera Cruz, 82 m. by See also: rail W.S.W. of the See also: port of Vera Cruz
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Pop
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(Igo()) 32,894, including a large percentage of See also: Indians and See also: half-breeds
.
The Mexican railwayaffords frequent communication with the City of Mexico and Vera Cruz, and a See also: short See also: line (42 m.) connects with Ingenio, an See also: industrial See also: village
.
See also: Orizaba stands in a fertile, well-watered, and richly wooded valley of the Sierra Madre See also: Oriental, 4025 ft. above See also: sea-level, and about 18 m
.
S. of the snow-crowned See also: volcano that bears its name
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It has a mild, humid and healthful See also: climate
.
The public edifices include the parish See also: church of
See also: San See also: Miguel, a chamber of commerce, a handsome theatre, and some hospitals
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The city is the centre of a See also: rich agricultural region which produces See also: sugar, See also: rum, See also: tobacco and See also: Indian corn
.
In colonial times, when tobacco was one of the See also: crown monopolies, Orizaba was one of the districts officially licensed to produce it
.
It is also a manufacturing centre of importance, having See also: good See also: water power from the Rio Blanco and producing See also: cotton and woollen fabrics
.
Its cotton factories are among the largest in the republic
.
Paper is also made at Cocolapan in the See also: canton of Orizaba
.
The forests in this vicinity are noted for See also: orchids and ferns
.
An Indian See also: town called Ahuaializapan, subject to Aztec See also: rule, stood here when See also: Cortes arrived on the See also: coast
.
The See also: Spanish town that succeeded it did not receive its charter until 1774, though it was one of the stopping-places between Vera Cruz and the capital
.
In 1862 it was the headquarters of the French
.
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