Eastern Mexico
[[File:Oriente de Mexico.PNG|thumb|350px|{{legend|#006400|border=solid 1px black|Eastern Mexico.}}]]
The '''Eastern Mexico''' ({{lang-es|Oriente de México}}) or also called '''East-Central Mexico''' ({{lang-es|Centro-Oriente de México}}), is a region of [[United Mexican States]], formed by the states of [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]], [[Puebla]], [[Tlaxcala]] and [[Veracruz]]. There are five ethnic groups living in the East-Central area: [[Nahua peoples|Nahuas]] and [[Totonac]] in the west, [[Otomi people|Otomi]] in the northwest, the [[Tepehua people|Tepehuas]] (within the limits of the States of Hidalgo, Puebla and Veracruz), and the [[Huastec people|Huastecos]] in [[La Huasteca]] region.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://embamex.sre.gob.mx/peru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77:la-region-oriental-y-el-golfo&catid=9:sitios-arqueologicos&Itemid=62|title= La región oriental y el golfo}}</ref> The rest of the population are [[mestizo|mestizos]], [[Afro-Mexican|afro-mexican]]<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.um.es/tonosdigital/znum16/secciones/recortes-3-Afromexicanos.htm |title= Afromexicanos, la tercera raiz cultural}}</ref> and [[white people|caucasian]].
The largest unextracted [[petroleum|oil]] reserves in Mexico are in this area, in the area known as Chicontepec, with a size of approximately 139 billion barrels.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://e-consulta.com/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23539&Itemid=181|title= México halla reserva histórica de petróleo entre Puebla y Veracruz}}</ref>
== States ==
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! State
! Official Name
''Estado Libre y Soberano de'':
! Flag
! Capital
! Largest city
! Area<ref>{{cite news |url= http://cuentame.inegi.gob.mx/monografias/default.aspx?tema=me|title= INEGI}}</ref>
! Population (2010)<ref>[http://www.censo2010.org.mx/ Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010]</ref>
! Order of Admission<br />to Federation
! Date of Admission<br />to Federation
|-
| [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]]
| align=center | ''Hidalgo''
| [[File:Flag of Hidalgo.svg|border|100px]]
| align=center | [[Pachuca de Soto]]
| align=center | [[Pachuca de Soto]]
| align=right | <span style="display:none">020846</span>{{convert|20846|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| align=right | <span style="display:none">2665018</span>2,665,018
| align=center | <span style="display:none">26</span>{{nts|26}}
| <span style="display:none">18191214</span>1869-01-16<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.congreso-hidalgo.gob.mx/index.php?historia-de-las-divisiones-territoriales-de-los-municipios-del-estado-de-hidalgo-1|title= Congreso del Estado Libre y Soberano de Hidalgo}}</ref>
|-
| [[Puebla]]
| align=center | ''Puebla''
| [[File:Flag of Puebla.svg|border|100px]]
| align=center | [[Puebla de Zaragoza]]
| align=center | [[Puebla de Zaragoza]]
| align=right | <span style="display:none">034290</span>{{convert|34290|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| align=right | <span style="display:none">5779829</span>5,779,829
| align=center | <span style="display:none">04</span>{{nts|4}}
| <span style="display:none">18191214</span>1823-12-21<ref name= diputaciones>{{cite news | title=Las Diputaciones Provinciales| url =http://biblio.juridicas.unam.mx/libros/6/2920/11.pdf|page=15 |language =Spanish}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tlaxcala]]
| align=center | ''Tlaxcala
| [[File:Flag of Tlaxcala.svg|border|100px]]
| align=center | [[Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl]]
| align=center | [[Vicente Guerrero, Tlaxcala|Vicente Guerrero]]
| align=right | <span style="display:none">003991</span>{{convert|3991|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| align=right | <span style="display:none">1169936</span>1,169,936
| align=center | <span style="display:none">22</span>{{nts|22}}
| <span style="display:none">18191214</span>1856-12-09<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.tlaxcala.gob.mx/tlaxcala/nov-dic.html|title= Portal Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala}}</ref>
|-
| [[Veracruz]]
| align=center | ''Veracruz de<br />Ignacio de la Llave''
| [[File:Flag of Veracruz.svg|border|100px]]
| align=center | [[Xalapa-Enríquez]]
| align=center | [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Veracruz]]
| align=right | <span style="display:none">071820</span>{{convert|71820|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| align=right | <span style="display:none">7643194</span>7,643,194
| align=center | <span style="display:none">07</span>{{nts|7}}
| <span style="display:none">18191214</span>1823-12-22<ref name=diputaciones/>
|-
|}
== Major Cities ==
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|colspan=2 style="background:#4b6791; color:white; font-size:120%" align=center|'''Major Cities of Hidalgo'''
|-
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:RelojPachucaAtardecer.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Tulancingo3.jpg|180px]]
|-
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Pachuca, Hidalgo|Pachuca de Soto]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Tulancingo]]
|-
|}
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|colspan=5 style="background:#4b6791; color:white; font-size:120%" align=center|'''Major Cities of Puebla'''
|-
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Catedral puebla nocturna.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:OverlookSanGabrielCholula01.JPG|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Zacatlán,_Puebla.jpg|125px]]
|-
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla de Zaragoza]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Cholula, Puebla|Cholula]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Zacatlán]]
|-
|}
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|colspan=5 style="background:#4b6791; color:white; font-size:120%" align=center|'''Major Cities of Tlaxcala'''
|-
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Capilla Campanario.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:EscudodeHuamantla.jpg|100px]]
|-
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala|Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Huamantla, Tlaxcala|Lázaro Cárdenas]]
|-
|}
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|colspan=5 style="background:#4b6791; color:white; font-size:120%" align=center|'''Major Cities of Veracruz'''
|-
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Malecon_de_veracruz_de_noche.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Xalapa calles.JPG|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:25590529101cc7e733e5bqw4.jpg|125px]]
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|[[File:Tlacotalpan zocalo.jpg|125px]]
|-
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Veracruz, Veracruz|Veracruz]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Xalapa|Xalapa-Enríquez]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Córdoba, Veracruz|Córdoba]]
|style="background:#e5ebf2;" align=center|[[Tlacotalpan, Veracruz|Tlacotalpan]]
|-
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== See also ==
* [[North-Central Mexico]]
* [[Northeastern Mexico]]
* [[Northwestern Mexico]]
* [[South-Central Mexico]]
* [[Southeastern Mexico]]
* [[Southwestern Mexico]]
* [[Western Mexico]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.sectur.gob.mx Secretaría de Turismo]
* [http://www.visitmexico.com Consejo de Promoción Turística de México]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Regions of Mexico]]
[[Category:Flora of Central Mexico| ]]
[[es:Oriente de México]]