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Tampico Alto 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, at the northern end of Tamiahua Lagoon. The municipal seat is also called
Tampico Alto Tampico Alto is a town in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Located in the state's Huasteca Alta region, it serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate ...
. In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 11,971 (down from 14,684 in 1980), of whom 2,126 lived in the municipal seat. Of the municipality's inhabitants, 129 spoke an indigenous language, primarily Wastek (Huasteco). Tampico Alto Municipality covers a total surface area of 1,027.35 km2.


Settlements in the municipality

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Tampico Alto Tampico Alto is a town in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Located in the state's Huasteca Alta region, it serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate ...
(municipal seat; 2005 population 2,126) * Brecha Huasteca (population 3,000) *
La Ribera La Ribera (, 'The Shore') is one of the areas of the quarter of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera of Ciutat Vella ("the old city") of Barcelona. Overview Many of the buildings date from late Medieval times. It was a well-to-do quarter dur ...
(2,500) * Llano de Bustos (2,000) *Las Chacas (519)


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Tampico Alto
Web page of the Veracruz State Govt. Accessed 6 November 2008. {{Veracruz Municipalities of Veracruz