Cuautinchán is a town and
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 ...
in the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...
of
Puebla
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 ...
in south-eastern
Mexico
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. The municipality covers an area of 136.50 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 9,538.
It is located northeast of
Alpatlahuac and northwest of
Tecali de Herrera
Tecali de Herrera is a town and municipality in Puebla state, southeastern Mexico.
Town
The town of Tecali de Herrera is located about southeast of the city of Puebla.
It is center of onyx artisan objects production in Mexico. and roughly 20 kilometers southeast of
Puebla city
Puebla de Zaragoza (; nah, Cuetlaxcoapan), formally Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, formerly Puebla de los Ángeles during colonial times, or known in English simply as Puebla, is the seat of Puebla Municipality. It is the capital and largest city ...
.
References
Municipalities of Puebla
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