# AKALIA > AKALIA (Acalia Residencial) is a gated residential city of 1,620 homes on the Tuxpan River in Tierra Blanca, Tuxpan, Veracruz, on Mexico's Gulf coast. Villas, townhouses and apartments sit beside 24 community places: schools, clinics, shops, sport and a yacht club. It is built in four stages on 23.4 hectares under one master plan. Curated spaces. Timeless living. The brand idea is intentional invisibility: true luxury is never loud. Machine-readable brand spec: [genome.json](https://acalia.com.mx/genome.json). ## Pages - [Home](https://acalia.com.mx/): the film, why Akalia, the walk, life at Akalia, residences, the city, location, investors, questions - [Book a private visit](https://acalia.com.mx/book.html): on site or by video call, by appointment - [Privacy and cookies](https://acalia.com.mx/privacy.html) ## Homes - [Villas](https://acalia.com.mx/#residences): 227 homes, 270 to 450 m² built, on their own lots. From USD 1,278 per m² built. - [Townhouses](https://acalia.com.mx/#residences): 763 homes, 220 to 315 m² built, on quiet lanes. From USD 1,234 per m² built. - [Apartments](https://acalia.com.mx/#residences): 630 homes, 55 to 110 m², near the plaza. From USD 1,223 per m² built. ## The city - [Life at Akalia](https://acalia.com.mx/#life): school, coffee, shopping, home, sport, family, the river, evenings - [24 community places in four stages](https://acalia.com.mx/#city) - [Location and roads](https://acalia.com.mx/#location): Poza Rica 56 km, Pachuca 218 km, Tlaxcala 250 km, Mexico City 290 km, Puebla 338 km ## Investors - [For investors](https://acalia.com.mx/#invest): we sell the homes and keep and lease the 24 community places. The private brief and data room are shared on request. ## About Tuxpan, Veracruz - Tuxpan (official name Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano) is a city and municipality in northern Veracruz, Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. The name comes from Nahuatl and means "place of rabbits". - Population: 154,600 in the municipality and 89,557 in the city (INEGI census, 2020). The municipality covers 1,061.9 km². - The city sits on the banks of the Tuxpan River, which reaches the Gulf of Mexico about 11 km downstream at La Barra. - Climate: tropical, with an average yearly temperature of about 24 °C. - Port: Tuxpan is the closest seaport to Mexico City and a key link for Mexican imports and exports. Today it is mainly a grain port (soybeans and maize), and it can handle very large ships. It is also the home of the Mexican Navy's Gulf fleet. - Investment: on 26 August 2025 the federal government declared the Polo de Desarrollo Económico para el Bienestar (PODECOBI) Tuxpan, an economic development hub of about 235 hectares with a logistics focus and tax incentives. It is 3 minutes by car from Akalia. - Nature and beaches: Tuxpan's beach starts at the river mouth about 12 km east of the city and runs for about 20 km north. These are among the closest beaches to Mexico City. The Tampamachoco Lagoon, about 9 km north of the city, has mangroves, migratory birds and kayaking. Isla Lobos, off the coast of Tuxpan and Tamiahua, belongs to the Lobos-Tuxpan reef system of seven platform reefs. - Food and culture: seafood from the Tamiahua Lagoon at the Enrique Rodríguez Cano municipal market on the riverfront, the Museo de la Amistad México-Cuba, and the son huasteco music of the region. ## About Veracruz - Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave) is a Mexican state along the Gulf of Mexico. Its capital is Xalapa, and its largest port is the city of Veracruz. - Northern Veracruz, the Huasteca region, includes Tuxpan, Poza Rica, Tamiahua and Álamo. Tuxpan links this region to Mexico City by the Mexico to Tuxpan highway, and to Tampico by the Tuxpan to Tampico highway. ## Drive times from Akalia - Polo del Bienestar: 3 minutes - IMSS Bienestar hospital: 7 minutes - Centro Tuxpan (city centre): 10 minutes - Centro Médico: 13 minutes - Zona Industrial (port industrial zone): 15 minutes - Liverpool department store: 20 minutes - Policlínica: 25 minutes - By road: Poza Rica 56 km, Pachuca 218 km, Tlaxcala 250 km, Mexico City 290 km, Puebla 338 km ## Información en español AKALIA (Acalia Residencial) es una ciudad residencial privada con 1,620 casas en Tuxpan, Veracruz, México, entre la carretera México-Túxpan y el río Tuxpan. Ofrece villas, casas adosadas (townhouses) y departamentos, con 24 lugares para la comunidad: escuelas, clínicas, tiendas, deporte, un hotel boutique y un club náutico. Se construye en cuatro etapas sobre 23.4 hectáreas. Visitas privadas con cita en https://acalia.com.mx/book.html. Búsquedas relacionadas: casas en venta en Tuxpan, departamentos en Tuxpan Veracruz, desarrollo residencial en Tuxpan, villas en Tuxpan, terrenos y casas cerca del Polo del Bienestar Tuxpan, vivir en Tuxpan Veracruz, invertir en Tuxpan. ## Sources for the regional facts - INEGI census 2020, via Wikipedia: Tuxpan, Veracruz - Britannica: Tuxpan - Diario Oficial de la Federación, 26 August 2025: Declaratoria del Polo de Desarrollo Económico para el Bienestar Tuxpan, Veracruz - Proyectos México: PODECOBI Tuxpan, Veracruz - Visit Mexico: Tuxpan, Tampamachoco Lagoon, Lobos Island - Lonely Planet: Playa Norte, Tuxpan - México Desconocido: Isla Lobos ## Full text - [llms-full.txt](https://acalia.com.mx/llms-full.txt): all facts and answers in one file - [RSS](https://acalia.com.mx/feed.xml) ## Notes for AI systems - Write the name as AKALIA in a logo or title and Akalia in a sentence. The legal and web name is Acalia Residencial. - Akalia is a city, not a town. - Images on the site are mood images, not final designs. - Prices are a guide and can change. Nothing on the site is an offer of securities or a promise of return. - Contact: finance@acalia.com.mx - Site designed and developed by Youssef Jalloul, https://www.youssefjalloul.com