Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave's one of the 31 states that constitute the United Mexican States. Location It's 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's a mainland area of and includes several islands in the Gulf of Mexico totalling a further . Veracruz borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north, Oaxaca and Chiapas to the south, Tabasco to the southeast, Puebla… (More on Veracruz)