a town of Mexico, department of Vera Cruz, 65 miles S.W. of the town of Vera Cruz. It stands in a valley overgrown with forests, and has broad and well paved streets. Manufactures of leather and coarse cloth are carried on here. Pop. 15,500.

About 5 miles N. of the town stands the Peak of Orizaba, an extinct volcano, which has a height of 17,388 feet above the sea. It was first ascended in 1848 by Lieutenant Reynolds, and other American officers, having before been supposed inaccessible; and since that time the summit has been repeatedly reached.