Castillo de Teayo Municipality is one of the 212
municipalities of the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...
of
Veracruz. It is located in the state's
Huasteca Baja
Huasteca Baja Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico.
References
Regions of Veracruz
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region. The municipal seat is the village of
Castillo de Teayo.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 18,424 (down from 19,335 in 1995), of whom 4,159 lived in the municipal seat.
Of the municipality's inhabitants, 1,970 (10.52%) spoke an
indigenous language
An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous peoples. This language is from a linguistically distinct community that originated in the area. Indigenous languages are not neces ...
, primarily
Nahuatl
Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...
.
The municipality of Castillo de Teayo covers a total surface area of 447.46 km².
Name
"Teayo" comes from the Nahuatl ''te-ayo-k'', which means "tortoise atop stone". This is a reference to the archaeological site known as the
Castle of Teayo
Castillo de Teayo is a mesoamerican Prehispanic archeological site and Mesoamerican pyramid, located in the La Huasteca region in northern Veracruz, Mexico. The main access to the site is via Federal Highway 130 México-Tuxpan up to the city of T ...
, a syncretic blend of the
Toltec,
Mexica
The Mexica (Nahuatl: , ;''Nahuatl Dictionary.'' (1990). Wired Humanities Project. University of Oregon. Retrieved August 29, 2012, frolink/ref> singular ) were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers of ...
, and
Huastec cultures
Settlements
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Castillo de Teayo (municipal seat; 2005 population 4159)
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Mequetla (1614)
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La Guadalupe (1504)
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Teayo (1402)
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La Defensa (1117)
References
External links
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Municipal Official Site*
Municipal Official Information
{{Veracruz
Municipalities of Veracruz