Tihuatlán Municipality is a municipality located in the north 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 316 km 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 a surface of 828.29 km2. The name comes from the language Náhuatl, Cihua-tlán; that means “Women’s place " but refers to gods.
Geographic limits
Tihuatlán Municipality is delimited to the north by
Temapache Municipality
Álamo Temapache (or simply Temapache) is a municipality located in the montane central zone in the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 90 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 65.80 km2. It is located at . The municipal seat is at ...
and
Tuxpan Municipality, to the east by
Papantla Municipality,
Poza Rica Municipality and
Cazones de Herrera Municipality to the south by
Coatzintla Municipality and to the south-west by
Puebla State
Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...
.
It is watered by the rivers Cazones and Tontepec, which end in the
gulf of Mexico
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.
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. The ...
,
beans
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes thr ...
,
green chile
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combin ...
and
orange fruit
An orange is a fruit of various citrus species in the family Rutaceae (see list of plants known as orange); it primarily refers to ''Citrus'' × ''sinensis'', which is also called sweet orange, to distinguish it from the related ''Citrus ...
.
Celebrations
In Tihuatlán, in October takes place the celebration in honor of
Saint Francis of Assisi, Patron of the town, and in December takes place the celebration in honor to the
Virgin of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe ( es, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe ( es, Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions, which are believed t ...
.
Transportation
El Tajín National Airport
El Tajín National Airport is an international airport located in Tihuatlán, Veracruz, Mexico, near Poza Rica. The airport is named after the archeological site of El Tajín. It handles commercial air traffic for the cities of Poza Rica and T ...
is located in Tihuatlán.
DIRECTORIO DE OFICINAS DE VENTAS
." Aeromar. 4/7. Retrieved on December 18, 2010.
Weather
The weather in Tihuatlán is warm 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
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Municipalities of Veracruz