Oriza'ba

Oriza'ba, capital of the Mexican state of Vera Cruz, 82 miles WSW. of Vera Cruz City, and 181 ESE. of Mexico, lies in a fertile garden country, 4030 feet above the sea, and contains an extensive cotton-factory, paper and corn mills, and railway-shops. Pop. 12,500.—The volcano of Orizaba, 25 miles to the north, is a noble pyramid rising to an elevation of 17,876 feet, or, according to Heilprin's measurements (1890), 18,205 feet. Its last severe eruption was in 1566.