San Juan Evangelista

San Juan Evangelista is a municipality located in the plains of the Sotavento zone in the central zone of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 260 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 968.94 km2. It is located at 17.88333°N, -95.13333°W.

Geography
The municipality of  San Juan Evangelista  is delimited to the north by Acayucan, to the east by Sayula de Alemán, to the south-east by Jesús Carranza, to the south by Oaxaca State and to the west by Juan Rodríguez Clara. There is watered by the river San Juan, which is a tributary of the Papaloapan.

The weather in San Juan Evangelista is very warm and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

Agriculture
It produces principally maize, beans, coffee, rice, orange fruit and green chile.

Celebrations
In  San Juan Evangelista, in December takes place the celebration in honor to San Juan Evangelista, Patron of the town, and takes place the celebration in honor to Virgen de Guadalupe.

History
Mariano Rodríguez Pérez, commander of the municipal police department, was assassinated in February 2019.