CORDOBA, a town of the State of Veracruz, Mexico, 55m. W.S.W. of the port of Veracruz, in a highly fertile valley, near the volcano of Orizaba, and 2,88oft. above sea-level. Pop. (1921), 10,295. The surrounding district produces sugar, tobacco and coffee, Cordoba being one of the principal coffee-producing cen tres of Mexico. It also manufactures cotton and woollen fabrics. Cordoba was a town of considerable importance in colonial times, but fell into decay after the revolution. The railway from Vera cruz to Mexico City, which passes through it, and the development of coffee production, have helped the city to recover a part of its lost trade.