Tantoyuca is a city in 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 ...
. Popularly known as "the Pearl of the Huastecas", it is located in the state's
Huasteca Alta
Huasteca Alta Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico
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region.
It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding
municipality
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
Tantoyuca.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the city of Tantoyuca reported a total population of 23,893.
Name
"Tantoyuca" comes from the
Tenek "''tan-tuyik"'', which means "place of wax."
History
Tantoyuca was founded by
Huastec people
The Huastec or Téenek (contraction of ''Te' Inik'', "people from here"; also known as Huaxtec, Wastek or Huastecos) are an indigenous people of Mexico, living in the La Huasteca region including the states of Hidalgo, Veracruz, San Luis Potosà ...
in
pre-Hispanic
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times. It was conquered by the
Mexica Triple Alliance in the late 15th or early 16th centuries. It was given town ''(villa)'' status on 12 April 1850 and city ''(ciudad)'' status on 25 July 1901.
References
External links
TantoyucaWeb page of the Veracruz State Govt. Accessed 6 November 2008.
{{Veracruz
Populated places in Veracruz