Tihuatlán Municipality is a municipality located in the north zone in the State of Veracruz, about 316 km from state capital Xalapa. 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.

Tihuatlán
Municipality
Tihuatlán Location of Tihuatlán within Mexico
Coordinates: 20.7161412°N 97.5438963°W / 20.7161412; -97.5438963
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Foundation	1598
Government
• Municipal President	José Enrique Romero Alarcón
Area
• Total	828.3 km2 (319.8 sq mi)
Population
• Total	80 923
• Density	97.7/km2 (253/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Website	Official Website

Geographic limits

Tihuatlán Municipality is delimited to the north by Temapache Municipality 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.[1] It is watered by the rivers Cazones and Tontepec, which end in the gulf of Mexico.

Agriculture

It produces principally maize, beans, green chile and orange fruit.

Celebrations

This section does not cite any sources. (December 2010)

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.

Transportation

El Tajín National Airport is located in Tihuatlán.[2]

Weather

The weather in Tihuatlán is warm and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tihuatlán.

• (in Spanish) Municipal Official webpage
• (in Spanish) Municipal Official Information

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[ru] Тиуатлан