Xalapa Mexico is the capital of Veracruz state

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Xalapla is a college town, home to the University of Veracruz

Xalapla Jalapa is a college town, home to the University of Veracruz and the state government Museo de Antropolgia is one of the best museums in Mexico and features 7 Olmec heads.

Xalapa, also spelled "Jalapa", is the capital of Veracruz state. It's located some 100 km inland from Vera Cruz on Highway 140 in the foothills on the way to Puebla. While not as high as Orizaba, its 1230 mts. (4000 ft) does lift sufficiently above the sometimes miasmastic lowlands to provide some climatic relief. Xalapa, home of the main campus of the University of Veracruz, is in the heart of coffee country. The main industries are government, education, and tourism, the latter enhanced by the presence of one of the finest museums of Anthropology in the world.
Xalapa is also the jump-off point for much of the whitewater rafting in Veracruz state as well as headquarters for many of the ecotourism businesses. Xalapa a picturesque city set in the coffee-growing country of the Mexican state of Veracruz, is a favorite with both Mexican and international visitors. From most parts of the city you can view the nearby snow capped Pico the Orizaba.
If you like to practice rafting there are some rivers near Xalapa where you can enjoy a nice view and have a good time. It's easy to contact the companies that have the experience organizing these activities that have become more and more popular.
Xalapa is “The flower city”, state capital, is a cultural center where it’s conserves the traditional colonial structure, but also is a city with a intense social and economic life, where is express the wealth of this Mexican region, that “has everything”. Rich in artistic expressions like sculpture, theater, literature, music and dance; city museums are the contact spots with the native cultures that lived in the zone: Totonaca, Olmeca and Huasteca, also the buildings and monuments of colonial origin. Anthropologic Museum, is one of most important in Latin America, conceived inside the Veracruz University, reunite archeological pieces recollected over 50 years of research and investigation, making one of the most complete collections about prehispanic cultures in the continent.
Xalapa’s attractions is the city’s cultural scene. Concerts and theatrical events were advertised widely throughout El Centro. The city’s symphony orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de Xalapa, is considered by many to be Mexico’s finest. Also, the Universidad de Vera Cruz has a prominent music school where frequent free concerts are available. We were told, by the way, that tickets to the Symphony cost all of 20 pesos!