Tequila Municipality () is a

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located in the

montane Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...

central zone in the 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 from 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 an area of . It is located at . Its name stems from Te-qui-lan, in the

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language which means "Place of the Vegetables in the Earth".

Geographic Limits

The municipality of Tequila is delimited to the north by

San Andrés Tenejapan San Andrés Tenejapan is a municipality located in the montane central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 85 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 24.68 km2. It is located at . Geographic Limits The municipality of San Andrés T ...

, Magdalena and

Ixtaczoquitlán Ixtaczoquitlán is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is from Orizaba. It is close to the Fortín–Orizaba railroad and stands on Federal Highways 180 & 190. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the ...

to the east by Omealca, to the south by

Zongolica Zongolica is a municipality located in the south zone in the State of Veracruz, about 100 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 63.34 km2. It is located at . The name comes from Nahuatl ''Tzontli-coliuhqui'' 'crafty hair'. T ...

and Los Reyes and to the west by

Atlahuilco Atlahuilco is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located about 131 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 64.98 km2. It is located at . The municipality of Atlahuilco is delimited to the north by Tlilapan, to the north-east by S ...

. It is watered by small creeks that are a tributary of the Río Blanco.

Agriculture

It produces principally

maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...

and

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Celebrations

In Tequila, during June a celebration in honor of San Pedro, Patron of the town is held, and in December there is a celebration in honor of the Virgen de Guadalupe.

Weather

The weather in Tequila is very cold and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

References

External links

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