Ciudad Mendoza (syoo-DAHD mehn-DO-sah), city (1990 pop. 32,012) and township, Camerino Z. Mendoza municipio, Veracruz, E Mexico, in valley of Sierra Madre Oriental, at S foot of Pico de Orizaba, on RR, and 8 mi/12.9 km WSW of Orizaba, on Mexico Highway 150; 18°49'N 97°14'W. Textile-milling and agr. center (coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, fruit). Formerly Santa Rosa. Sometimes Mendoza.
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