Tatatila is a

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 ...

located in the mountainous central zone of the

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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 ...

, about 26 km from the state capital

Xalapa Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which ...

. It has a surface area of 82.25 km². It is located at .

Geography

The municipality of Tatatila is delimited to the north by

Altotonga Altotonga Municipality ( es, Municipio de Altotonga) is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located about 80 km northwest of the state capital Xalapa. It has an area of 375.1. km2 It is located at . Altotonga is delimited to the east by ...

, to the north-east by Tenochtitlan, to the east by

Tlacolulan Tlacolulan is a municipality located in the montane central zone in the State of Veracruz, about 17 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 137.36 km2. It is located at . It was inhabited by the totonac pre-Hispanic, of the former one ...

and Tenochtitlan, to the south by

Las Vigas de Ramírez Las Vigas de Ramírez is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The city was established by decree on 23 November 1523, named after the teacher (1884–1959). ...

, and to the west by Las Minas and

Villa Aldama Villa Aldama is a municipality located in the central zone in the Tabasco, Mexico, about 33 km from the state capital Villahermosa. It has a surface of 78.96 km2. It is located at . The municipality takes this name in honor of Don Juan A ...

. It is watered by small creeks tributaries of the river Nautla. The weather in Tatatila is cold and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

Demographics

In 2020, Tatatila recorded population of 6,041 inhabitantes in 44 localities, all of them classified as rural.2020 Tatatila CENSUS
/ref> Tatatila, the municipal seat, contains nearly 20 % of the population (1,072 hab.). Other localities include La Mancuerna (737 hab.), Pilhuatepec (532 hab.), Tenexpanoya (497 hab.) and Piedra Parada (483 hab.).

Agriculture

It produces principally

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, beans and

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Celebrations

The celebration in honor of St. Peter the Apostle, patron of the town, occurs at the end of June, and the celebration in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe occurs in December.

References

External links

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Municipal Official webpage
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Municipal Official Information
{{Veracruz Municipalities of Veracruz