Ozuluama de Mascareñas Municipality is one of the 212
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of the
Mexican state of
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
. It is located in the state's
Huasteca Alta
Huasteca Alta Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the ...
region, on the west shore of
Tamiahua Lagoon. The municipal seat is the village of
Ozuluama de Mascareñas, Veracruz.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, Ozuluama de Mascareñas reported a total population of 23,190, of whom 3,439 lived in the municipal seat.
Of the municipality's inhabitants, 284 spoke an
indigenous language, primarily
Nahuatl.
The municipality of Ozuluama de Mascareñas covers a total surface area of 2,357.39 km
2.
The name "Ozuluama" is
Nahuatl in origin. The epithet "de Mascareñas" (awarded 20 August 1980) honours Colonel
Francisco Esteban Mascareñas
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
, who was born here and fought on the Liberal side in the
Reform War
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.
Settlements in the municipality
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Ozuluama de Mascareñas (municipal seat; 2005 population 3,439)
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Cucharas (population 2,500)
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Tierra y Libertad (1,650)
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La Laja (850)
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San Gregorio (760)
References
External links
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Municipal Official Site
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Municipalities of Veracruz