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Chontla
Municipality
Coat of arms
Chontla Location of Chontla within Mexico
Coordinates: 21°18′N 97°55′W / 21.300°N 97.917°W / 21.300; -97.917
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Government
• Municipal President	Pedro Macario González Pérez
Area
• Total	361.09 km² (139.42 sq mi)
Highest elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Population
• Total	14 549
• Density	20.29/km² (52.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Postal code	92200
Area code	785
Website	http://www.chontla.gob.mx/

Chontla is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the northern part of the state, about 220 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 361.09 km². It is located at 21°18′N 97°55′W / 21.300°N 97.917°W / 21.300; -97.917.

Geography

Borders

Chontla is delimited to the west by Tantoyuca, to the south by Ixcatepec and Tepetzintla, and to the east by Citlaltépetl and Ozuluama.^[1]

Settlements

Población y Vivienda de las principales localidades del Municipio de Chontla
Locality	Pop. (2005)	No. of Viviendas
Chontla Municipality	14,549	3,389
Chontla	2,208	560
San Francisco	1,768	395
San Juan Otontepec	1,126	242
Las Cruces	667	114
Cruz Manantial	617	142
La Garita	603	139
Magozal	585	171
Mata de Otate	540	151
Rancho Quemado	460	119
El Naranjal	413	86
Arranca Estacas	382	76
San Nicolasillo	380	91
Fuente: INEGI

Weather

The weather in Chontla is warm all year with rains in summer.

Products

It produces principally maize, beans and chili peppers.

Events

In November the celebration in honor of Santa Catarina takes place.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Chontla" (in Spanish). [Gobierno Estatal]. Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

External links

(in Spanish) Official website

State of Veracruz

Xalapa (capital)

Municipalities of Veracruz
Huasteca Alta Region	Chalma Chiconamel Chinampa de Gorostiza El Higo Naranjos Amatlán Ozuluama de Mascareñas Pánuco Platón Sánchez Pueblo Viejo Tamalín Tamiahua Tampico Alto Tantima Tantoyuca Tempoal de Sánchez
Huasteca Baja Region	Álamo Temapache Benito Juárez Castillo de Teayo Cerro Azul Chicontepec de Tejeda Chontla Citlaltépetl Huayacocotla Ilamatlán Ixcatepec Ixhuatlán de Madero Tancoco Tepetzintla Texcatepec Tlachichilco Tuxpan Zacualpan Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes
Totonaca Region	Cazones de Herrera Chumatlán Coahuitlán Coatzintla Coxquihui Coyutla Espinal Filomeno Mata Gutiérrez Zamora Mecatlán Papantla Poza Rica Tecolutla Tihuatlán Zozocolco de Hidalgo
Nautla Region	Atzalán Colipa Juchique de Ferrer Martínez de la Torre Misantla Nautla San Rafael Tenochtitlán Tlapacoyan Vega de Alatorre Yecuatla
Capital Region	Acajete Acatlán Actopan Alto Lucero Altotonga Apazapan Ayahualulco Banderilla Chiconquiaco Coacoatzintla Coatepec Cosautlán de Carvajal Emiliano Zapata (Dos Ríos) Ixhuacán Jalacingo Jalcomulco Jilotepec Landero y Coss Las Minas Las Vigas de Ramírez Miahuatlán Naolinco Perote Rafael Lucio Tatatila Teocelo Tepetlán Tlacolulan Tlalnelhuayocan Tonayán Villa Aldama Xalapa Xico
Sotavento Region	Boca del Río Cotaxtla Jamapa La Antigua (José Cardel) Manlio Fabio Altamirano Medellín Paso de Ovejas Puente Nacional Soledad de Doblado Tlalixcoyan Úrsulo Galván Veracruz
Mountains Region	Acultzingo Alpatláhuac Amatlán de los Reyes Aquila Astacinga Atlahuilco Atoyac Atzacan Calcahualco Camarón de Tejeda Camerino Z. Mendoza Carrillo Puerto (Tamarindo) Chocamán Coetzala Comapa Córdoba Coscomatepec Cuichapa Cuitláhuac Fortín de las Flores Huatusco Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc Ixhuatlán del Café Ixhuatlancillo Ixtaczoquitlán La Perla Los Reyes Magdalena Maltrata Mariano Escobedo Mixtla de Altamirano Naranjal Nogales Omealca Orizaba Paso del Macho Rafael Delgado Río Blanco San Andrés Tenejapan Sochiapa Soledad Atzompa Tehuipango Tenampa Tepatlaxco Tequila Texhuacán Tezonapa Tlacotepec de Mejía Tlaltetela Tlaquilpa Tlilapan Tomatlán Totutla Xoxocotla Yanga Zentla Zongolica
Papaloapan Region	Acula Ángel R. Cabada Alvarado Amatitlán Carlos A. Carrillo Chacaltianguis Cosamaloapan de Carpio Ignacio de la Llave Isla Ixmatlahuacan José Azueta Juan Rodríguez Clara Lerdo de Tejada Otatitlán Playa Vicente Saltabarranca Santiago Sochiapan (Xochiapa) Tierra Blanca Tlacojalpan Tlacotalpan Tres Valles Tuxtilla
Los Tuxtlas Region	Catemaco San Andrés Tuxtla Santiago Tuxtla Hueyapan de Ocampo
Olmeca Region	Acayucan Agua Dulce Chinameca Coatzacoalcos Cosoleacaque Hidalgotitlán Ixhuatlán del Sureste Jáltipan Jesús Carranza Las Choapas Mecayapan Minatitlán Moloacán Nanchital Oluta Oteapan Pajapan San Juan Evangelista Sayula de Alemán Soconusco Soteapan Tatahuicapan Texistepec Uxpanapa Zaragoza

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