What is Orizaba?
{{Infobox settlement |name = Orizaba |settlement_type =[[Municipalities of Mexico|Municipality]] and town |image_skyline = Orizaba3.jpg |image_caption = ''Catedral de San Miguel Arcángel'' in Orizaba |image_shield = 0escudoorizaba.jpg |pushpin_map = Mexico |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Mexico |coordinates = {{coord|18|51|N|97|06|W|region:MX_type:city|display=title,inline}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Mexico]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Mexico|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Veracruz]] |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Igor Rojí López (PRI) |timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central Standard Time]] |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central Daylight Time]] |utc_offset_DST = -5 }} [[File:Orizaba and Pico.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Orizaba valley, the city in the middle and the Pico de Orizaba on the horizon}}]] '''Orizaba''' is a [[city]] and [[municipalities of Mexico|municipality]] in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[Mexican state|state]] of [[Veracruz]]. It is 20&nbsp;km west of its [[twin city]] [[Córdoba, Veracruz|Córdoba]]. It sits at the base of [[Pico de Orizaba]], the highest [[peak]] in Mexico.<ref name=Secor93>R. J. Secor, ''Mexico's Volcanoes: A Climbing Guide'' (Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books, 2001), p. 93</ref> It is also a [[volcano]] with a perfectly shaped snow-covered cone.<ref>''Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes'' (New York, NY : Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2011), p. 153</ref> The city had a 2005 [[census]] population of 117,273 and occupies almost the same [[:wikt:area|area]] as its small municipality. The municipality includes a few small areas outside the [[city]]. It has an area of 27.97&nbsp;km² (10.799 sq mi). It was an important town during the [[Spanish colonization of the A