The state of Veracruz formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that constitute Mexico.LocationIt is located in the east central part of the Gulf of Mexico country, between 17°10' and 22°38' North and between 93°55' and 98°38' West.It has a mainland area of and includes several islands in the Gulf of Mexico totalling another .Veracruz borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north, Oaxaca and Chiapas to the south, Tabasco to the southeast, Puebla, Hidalgo, a