Huayacocotla is one of the 212 municipalities of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Baja region. The municipal seat is the town of Huayacocotla.

Huayacocotla
Municipality
Huayacocotla Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°32′0″N 98°29′0″W
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Seat	Huayacocotla
Government
• Municipal President	Mario Jorge Pérez Martínez (AFV), 2008-10
Area
• Total	571.79 km2 (220.77 sq mi)
Elevation	2,149 m (7,051 ft)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	20,765
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Website	www.huayacocotla.gob.mx

In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 20,765, of whom 5,211 lived in the municipal seat. Of the municipality's inhabitants, 779 (4.30%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Nahuatl.[1]

Huayacocotla Municipality covers a total surface area of 571.79 km². It borders Ilamatlán and Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes to the north; Texcatepec and Zacualpan to the east; and with the state of Hidalgo to the south and west.[2]

Settlements

• Huayacocotla (municipal seat; 2005 population: 1069)
• Palo Bendito (879)
• Carbonero Jacales (846)
• Zonzonapa (775)
• Texilmapa (678)

References

External links

• (in Spanish) Municipal Official Site
• (in Spanish) Municipal Official Information^{[permanent dead link]}

На других языках

[ru] Уаякокотла (муниципалитет)