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Jalapa (or Xalapa) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz. In the year 2005 census, it reported a population of 413,196. The municipal seat of Jalapa is the city of Xalapa de Enríquez, named in honor of the gobernador (governor) Juan de la Luz Enriquez. In everyday usage, however, the city is generally referred to by the shorter name Jalapa. It was called La ciudad de las flores (City of Flowers) by Alexander Von Humboldt.

Its name comes from the Nahuatl roots Xalli (sand) and Apan (water place), which approximately means spring in the sand. The spelling Xalapa (like the word México) reflects archaic spelling. Jalapa (like Méjico) is modernized and is used mostly by foreigners.

Jalapa is also known as the Athens of Veracruz because of the strong cultural influence of its three major universities, Universidad Veracruzana (the main public university in the State of Veracruz), Universidad de Xalapa and Universidad Anáhuaca de Xalapa, and also for the wide variety of cultural events in Jalapa like its theater, museums, and street art. Jalapa also has the widest collection of Diego Rivera`s paintings in all Mexico, at a gallery called Pinacoteca Diego Rivera, nearby City Hall and Parque Juárez in the downtown area.

In folklore, the Spaniards believed that Jalapa was the birthplace and home of the Florecita (literally little flower), the most beautiful woman in the world. Even today, some people continue to adhere to this belief, and some natives insist that it is not a legend. Jalapeño chilis are named after an old factory of canned chile pepper called La jalapeña located in this city.

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