Santiago Sochiapan is a municipality located in the south of the Papaloapan zone in the central zone of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 240 km from the state capital Xalapa.

The name comes from the language Náhuatl, Xochi-apa-tlan; that means “Place with blue flowers".

The municipality of Santiago Sochiapan is bordered to the north and east by Playa Vicente and to the south and west by Oaxaca.

[1] The weather in Santiago Sochiapan is very cold and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

It produces principally maize, beans, green chile, watermelon, coffee and tomato.