Ozuluama de Mascareñas is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

Mexican state A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...

Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...

. It is located in the state's

Huasteca Alta The Huasteca Alta region is one of the regions of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is part of the broader Huasteca La Huasteca is a geographical and cultural region located partially along the Gulf of Mexico and including parts of the states o ...

region, on the west shore of

Tamiahua Lagoon Tamiahua Lagoon (Spanish: ''Laguna de Tamiahua'') is a long coastal lagoon in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico that extends 65 miles south from Tampico. The peninsula of Cape Rojo separates the lagoon from the se ...

. The municipal seat is the village of Ozuluama. In the 2005 INEGI Census, Ozuluama de Mascareñas reported a total population of 23,190, of whom 3,439 lived in the municipal seat. Of the municipality's inhabitants, 284 spoke an

indigenous language An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by its indigenous peoples. Indigenous languages are not necessarily national languages but they can be; for example, Aymara is both an indigen ...

, primarily

Nahuatl Nahuatl ( ; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahuas, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller popul ...

. The municipality of Ozuluama de Mascareñas covers a total surface area of 2,357.39 km². The name "Ozuluama" is

in origin. The epithet "de Mascareñas" (awarded 20 August 1980) honours Colonel

Francisco Esteban Mascareñas Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Commu ...

, who was born here and fought on the Liberal side in the

Reform War The Reform War (17 December 185711 January 1861) or War of Reform (), also known as the Three Years' War (), and the Mexican Civil War, was a complex civil conflict in Mexico fought between Mexican liberals and conservatives with regional var ...

Settlements in the municipality

Ozuluama de Mascareñas Ozuluama (formally: Ozuluama de Mascareñas) is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Ozuluama de Mascareñas. It was given ...

(municipal seat; 2005 population 3,439) * Cucharas (population 2,500) * Tierra y Libertad (1,650) * La Laja (850) * San Gregorio (760)

References

External links

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Municipal Official Site
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