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Its capital is Xalapa, located in the central western part of the state. With more than 7 million
inhabitants, the state of Veracruz is the third most populous in the nation, after the Federal
District and the State of Mexico.
Spanish is the official and heavily dominant language in Veracruz. Nahuatl is still spoken and
common use in some towns and zones like Zongolica, Papantla, Mixtequilla and
Huayacocotla. There are minor areas of Italian speakers near Huatusco and Tuxtlas, where
Venetto is common use and there are a very few Greek speakers in towns near Rinconada, the
"gitanos" (Gypsy). As well on the region of the low San Rafael, the French is predominant,
due to the settle of the remaining Maximilian of Hapsburg troops that were allowed to stay,
after they were defeated, on the fall of the second empire in the XIX century. Also needs to be
mentioned: Catalan, Basque, Gaelic, and more Spaniard dialects that were brought and kept
by their descendants
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