Santiago Sochiapan
Municipality and town
Santiago Sochiapan Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 18°39′N 95°44′W / 18.650°N 95.733°W / 18.650; -95.733
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Region	Papaloapan
Area
• Total	40.04 km2 (15.46 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	7,639
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Santiago Sochiapan is a municipality located in the south of the Papaloapan zone in the central zone of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 240 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 40.04 km2. It is located at 18°39′N 95°44′W / 18.650°N 95.733°W / 18.650; -95.733.

Name

The name comes from the language Náhuatl, Xochi-apa-tlan; that means “Place with blue flowers".

Geography

The municipality of Santiago Sochiapan is bordered to the north and east by Playa Vicente and to the south and west by Oaxaca.^[1]

The weather in Santiago Sochiapan is very cold and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

Agriculture

It produces principally maize, beans, green chile, watermelon, coffee and tomato.

Celebrations

Every May, a festival is held to celebrate Aposto Santiago, patron of the town and in December there is a festival held in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe.