| Sotavento Region | |
| Native Name: | Región del Sotavento |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Region |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Veracruz |
| Parts Type: | Municipalities |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3,960.69 |
| Area Rank: | 8th |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation Min M: | 0 |
| Elevation Min Point: | Gulf of Mexico |
| Population Total: | 1,085,751 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Rank: | 4th |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone Link: | Time in Mexico |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | −6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | −5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Largest municipality by area |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Largest municipality by population |
Sotavento Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico.[2] [3]
Sotavento Region lies on the southern Gulf Coastal Plain. Sotavento means leeward, and the region lies in the rain shadow of the coastal Sierra de Chiconquiaco, which makes it drier than the rest of Veracruz' coastal lowlands to the north and south. The Veracruz dry forests ecoregion covers much of the region.
It is bounded on the northeast by the Gulf of Mexico, on the east and south by Papaloapan Region, on the west by Mountains Region, and on the north by Capital Region.[2]