-->   Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Xalapa, sometimes spelled Jalapa, is a municipality and the capital city of Mexican state of Veracruz. In the year 2000 census, it reported a population of 390,058. The municipal seat is the city of Xalapa Enríquez; in everyday usage, however, the city is generally referred to by the shorter name Xalapa. Jalapeño peppers are named after this city. It has been a sister city of Covina, California since 1964. External Link Xalapa local government page (in Spanish) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.