Alvarado

Alvarado is one of the 212 municipalities of the Mexican state of Veracruz which municipal seat is established in the city of Alvarado. On 1816, the citizens of the village of San Cristóbal de Alvarado sought the designation of Town from Ferdinand VII, King of Spain. The King granted the village the title of Town on 8 September 1816 by Royal Decree, which had a cost of 92,800 maravedís. Almost two years later, on 5 September 1818 the same Ferdinand VII authorized the first Honorable Ayuntamiento or city council. On 3 October 1818, the first City Council was established with Tomás Hondal serving as first Mayor. Once the Independence War was over, the State redacted its own Constitution in which the state territory was divided in 4...