Córdoba - regional trade centre for coffee, tobacco and sugar caneis - a picturesque city
Eight kilometres beyond Fortín in the rich valley of the Río Seco, is the old colonial city of Córdoba. Founded in 1618 by 30 families who hoped to protect the area from attacks by yangas (escaped African slaves) the city became known as the ‘city of thirty knights’. It is an agreeable, provincial place whose main claim to fine is having hosted the formal signing of Mexico’s Independence declaration in 1821: the Treaty of Córdoba. Today, the city thrives on agriculture and various industries; sugar, coffee and tropical fruit among them. And although there’s only a handful of sights in Córdoba, it still makes a pleasant stopover. Continuing east towards Veracruz, the road is lined, in season, with stalls selling fruit and honey, especially between Yanga and Cuitiláhuac.
