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Poza Rica de Hidalgo
View over Poza Rica
Coordinates: 20°32′N97°27′W / 20.533°N 97.450°WCoordinates: 20°32′N97°27′W / 20.533°N 97.450°W
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Municipality	Poza Rica de Hidalgo
Founded	November 20, 1951
Government
• President	Francisco Javier Velázquez Vallejos
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	200,119
• Demonym	Pozarricense
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central(US Central))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central)
Postal code	93261
Area code(s)	782
Website	Gobierno de Poza Rica

Poza Rica (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈposa ˈrika]), formally: Poza Rica de Hidalgo is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexicanstate of Veracruz. Its name means 'rich well/pond'. It is often thought that the name came to be because it was a place known for its abundance of oil. In reality, before oil was discovered, there existed a pond rich in fish, which gave origin to the city’s name. In the last century oil was discovered in the area. It has since been almost completely extracted. This has resulted in the decline of oil well exploration and drilling activities, though there are still many oil facilities.

The city shares borders with the municipalities of Papantla, Tihuatlán, and Coatzintla, and stands on Federal Highway 180. The archaeological zone of El Tajín is located approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from Poza Rica. The area is tropical, with two beaches within one hour, Tuxpan, and Tecolutla, and one within 40 minutes east, Cazones. Mexico City is about 220 kilometers (140 mi) from Poza Rica.Unlike most Mexican cities, it does not have old buildings because it is a new city founded officially on November 20, 1951. For that reason it has contemporary architecture with well-lined and designed streets with a modern look.While the petroleum industry features heavily amongst the industrial landscape in Poza Rica, the city also has a wide variety of other industries with a large middle class. As one of the largest and most populous cities in Veracruz, Poza Rica is an important industrial and commercial center, and a central hub for several road transportation lines. The city has recently seen a lot of growth, with several shopping malls opening around the city. The city had an official population of 174,512 inhabitants and the municipality had 181,438 at the census of 2005. However, the Poza Rica metropolitan area, which includes the municipalities of Papantla, Tihuatlán, and Coatzintla, showed a total population of 458,330.

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Poza Rica Center is the commercial center of the city. 52 is an area which is northeast of the city which also has markets and busy shopping centers and the GREAT PATIO Commercial Square. Totolapa is the third area of the city located across the bridge of Poza Rica. Petromex is one of the colonies where most of the pozarricenses, citizens of.

Main Attractions[edit]

Poza Rica is close to the Costa Esmeralda, the northern beaches of Veracruz, such as Tecolutla, Tuxpan, Cazones and Playa Esmeralda. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of El Tajin is 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) away.It has a downtown area which provides a good shopping experience.It has a high viewing point called 'El cerro del abuelo' where it's possible to see the whole city and its 'quemadores', big petroleum burners which were used to light the city in the early years. There are few of them at the present time.Every year there is a holiday called 'Desfile del 18 de marzo' (March 18 Parade, 'Petroleum Day') which commemorates Mexican oil expropriation and has two parades, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. It is a city with a predominantly young population. Though there are few expatriates a few English language schools employ teachers for locals and PEMEX employees.

Petroleum Day dancers

Economy[edit]

Recently the city has experienced a revival in economic activity, driven by investments in oil production by the parastatal PEMEX company. The economy is driven by trade, the petroleum industry, fashion, and tourism. This has brought a boom in trade, which together with its strategic location and concentration of services, causes a daily flow of residents from other towns, municipalities and nearby cities like Papantla, Gutiérrez Zamora, Tecolutla, Martínez de la Torre and Tihuatlán in the state of Veracruz. This extends its area of influence of the neighboring towns and villages State of Puebla that converge to it for various reasons, among which are health, employment, education or shopping, as it is located in the major centers of supply, trade and services.

The city of Poza Rica has three malls: Plaza Gran Patio Poza Rica, which contains the stores Suburbia, Walmart, VIPs, MM cinemas, Cinemex, Burger King, Solo Tennis, Playground, Casino, The Home Depot, Office Depot, Peter Piper Pizza, Church's Chicken, and Pizza Hut, among others; Crystal Square contains Chedraui and Factories in France; Poza Rica Square contains Soria supermarket, MM cinemas, Cinemex, Toy, KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken), exa fm radio, and Burger King.

Neighborhoods[edit]

The city consists of five neighborhoods (The 5 Barrios de Poza Rica).

Poza Rica Center is the commercial center of the city.
52 is an area which is northeast of the city which also has markets and busy shopping centers and the GREAT PATIO Commercial Square.
Totolapa is the third area of the city located across the bridge of Poza Rica.
Petromex is one of the colonies where most of the pozarricenses, citizens of Poza Rica, reside.
Arroyo del Maiz is the area which houses the Tecnologico de Poza Rica, also Conalep School.

Ruiz Cortinez Boulevard walkway

Parks[edit]

The city of Poza Rica has 36 parks. The most important are:

Parque Plaza March 18. It is the city's central park is located between Avenues Lazaro Cardenas and Calle 8 Norte. It has an auditorium for musical events. It also attracts young people who practice hobbies such as rollerblading and biking.
Juarez Park. It is the second largest park in the city, located on 16th Avenue West.
Parque de las Americas. The park features all the flags of America, and is located on the hillside.

Juarez Park

Sights[edit]

The city has 18 monuments.

Education[edit]

The city has:

5 Nurseries81 Preschools110 Elementary schools46

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