[2] The municipality of Comapa is located in the Gulf of Mexico lowlands of central Veracruz.

[2] Local tradition has it that Comapa was one of the places where Guadalupe Victoria hid during his guerilla campaign in the Mexican War of Independence.

[12] The municipal government comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and a trustee (regidor).

[13] In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Comapa recorded a population of 18,713 inhabitants living in 4382 households.

[2] Comapa is known for its comapeño peppers, a small orange variety eaten fresh or dried.