Tihuatlán (municipality)

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Tihuatlán
City and municipality
Top: Panoramic view of Tihuatlán; Middle: Statue of Christ the Redeemer at night, Juárez Park; Bottom:El Tajín National Airport, Identity Mural at Juárez Park
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Coordinates: 20°42′58″N 97°32′38″W / 20.7161412°N 97.5438963°W / 20.7161412; -97.5438963
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Foundation	1598
Government
• Mayor	Raúl Hernández Gallardo (PRD)
Area
• Total	718.8 km² (277.5 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	92,276
• Density	129/km² (330/sq mi)
• Seat	15,305
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Website	Official Website

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1995	81,660	—
2000	81,088	−0.7%
2005	80,923	−0.2%
2010	89,774	+10.9%
2015	96,418	+7.4%
2020	92,726	−3.8%
^[1]

Tihuatlán is a city and its surrounding municipality located in the north of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 316 km (196 mi) from the state capital Xalapa. The municipality has a surface of 828.29 km² (319.80 sq mi). The municipality has a population of 92,726 inhabitants as 2020, however, only 16 % resides in the municipal seat.^[1]

Name

The name comes from the Nahuatl language cihua-tlan, which means "place of women".^[2]

Geography

Tihuatlán is delimited to the north by the municipalities of Temapache and Tuxpan, to the east by Papantla, Poza Rica and Cazones de Herrera, to the south by Coatzintla, and to the south-west by the state of Puebla.^[3] It is watered by the rivers Cazones and Tontepec, which end in the Gulf of Mexico.

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

Agriculture

It primarily produces maize, beans, green chile and oranges.

Celebrations

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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.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Censo Tihuatlán 2020 CEEIG
^ "Tihuatlán". Veracruz: Gobierno del Estado.
^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Tihuatlán" (in Spanish). Gobierno Estatal. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
^ "DIRECTORIO DE OFICINAS DE VENTAS Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine." Aeromar. 4/7. Retrieved on December 18, 2010.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tihuatlán.

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

State of Veracruz

Xalapa (capital)

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