id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7641 Xalapa - Wikipedia .html text/html 7358 968 69 Xalapa (often spelled Jalapa, Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈlapa] (listen); English: /həˈlɑːpə/;[1] officially Xalapa-Enríquez [xaˈlapa enˈrikes]) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. When the Spanish improved the Mexico-Orizaba-Veracruz route, Xalapa declined in importance as a transport hub, and its population stagnated in the 17th century.[5] Of the most important is the Universidad Veracruzana which is also the most important in the state of Veracruz and attracts students not only from across Mexico but worldwide.[15] Established in 1944, the current director of the university is Dr. Sara Ladrón de Guevara, a graduated of the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne.[citation needed] Furthermore, it is associated with the North American Mobility Project, a transnational academic program that links it to Georgia Southern University in the United States and Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada.[16] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7641.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7641.txt