The 2nd Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Xalapa, Mexico, on 26-29 August, 1976.
Each of the groups were played in different cities, (Arecibo, Mar del Plata, Sunchales and Xalapa).
Named Bishop of Xalapa, he was driven out of his diocese and forced to live the remainder of his life in hiding in Mexico City.
The Stadium at Xalapa on what had been a swampy field, the so-called "Ciénega de Melgarejo".
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William Kenneth Boone (1875–1944) was a benefactor of Xalapa, Veracruz.
Moreover, both the inaugural 1st CAC senior championships in 1967 and the VI CAC senior championships in 1977 took place in Xalapa, Veracruz.
Emilio Carballido (Córdoba, Veracruz, 22 May 1925 – Xalapa, Veracruz, 11 February 2008) was a Mexican writer who earned particular renown as a playwright.
Enrique Guerra (1871–1922) was a Mexican sculptor from Xalapa, Veracruz.
During that time it was in direct competition with the fairs of Acapulco, Jalapa and San Juan de los Lagos.
General Heriberto Jara International Airport in the port of Veracruz is named after him, as is the Stadium at Xalapa, built in 1925 on the grounds where William K. Boone had organized Olympic-style athletic games in 1922.
It is connected to Perote by a small highway; there, the small highway intersects Federal Highway 140, which goes to Xalapa.
It is located 20 km from the state capital, Xalapa; it stands on the Mexico City to Veracruz railway and on Federal Highways 180 and 122.
He conducted Budapest Concert Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica de Xalapa in Mexico, Real Filharmonia de Galicia in Spain, Capella Istropolitana in Bratislava, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Ankara, Everett Symphony Orchestra in the United States and Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra in Ostrava.