{{Infobox settlement |name = Chicontepec de Tejeda |official_name = |other_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Mexico|Municipality]] |total_type = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows --> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |pushpin_map = Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |pushpin_label_position = <!-- position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Mexico}} |subdivision_type1 = [[State (Mexico)|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Veracruz]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title =[[Municipal President]] |leader_name =Manuel Francisco Martínez Martínez |leader_title1 = Federal electoral district |leader_name1 = [[2nd federal electoral district of Veracruz|Veracruz's 2nd]] |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title1 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date1 = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |founder = |named_for = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = <!-- use only to set a special wikilink --> |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =978 |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox settlement for details on unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Elevation --------------------------> |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 520 |elevation_ft = |elevation_max_m =800 |elevation_max_ft = |elevation_min_m =10 |elevation_min_ft = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2010 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =54 985 |population_density_km2 =58.7 |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Location and timezone ---------------> |timezone =[[Time in Mexico|Zona Centro]] |utc_offset = -6 |coordinates = {{coord|20|58|N|98|10|W|region:MX|display=inline}} <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type =[[Postal codes in Mexico|Postal code]] |postal_code =92700 |area_code =746 |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website =http://www.chicontepec.gob.mx/ |footnotes = }}

'''Chicontepec''' is a [[Municipalities of Veracruz|municipality]] in the [[List of states of Mexico|Mexican state]] of [[Veracruz]]. It is located in the north of the State of Veracruz. It has a surface area of {{convert|978|sqkm|sqmi|0}}. It is located at {{coord|20|58|N|98|10|W|}}. ==Geography== The municipality of Chicontepec is delimited to the north by [[Tantoyuca]] and [[Ixcatepec]], to the east by [[Temapache]] and [[Tepetzintla, Veracruz|Tepetzintla]], to the south by [[Ixhuatlán de Madero]], and to the west by [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]].<ref name="e-local">{{cite web|url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30058a.htm|title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Chicontepec|publisher=Gobierno Estatal|language=es|access-date=2009-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519090459/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30058a.htm|archive-date=2007-05-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The weather in Chicontepec is very warm all year round with rain in summer.

==Economy== It produces principally [[maize]], [[bean]]s and [[Orange (fruit)|oranges]].

==Culture== Many inhabitants speak [[Huasteca Nahuatl]] and practice indigenous customs.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Value of El Costumbre and Christianity in the Discourse of Nahua Catechists from the Huasteca Region in Veracruz, Mexico, 1970s–2010s|url=https://www.academia.edu/35580492/11delaCruz_WordsandWorlds.pdf|publisher=Academia.edu|author=Abelardo de la Cruz|access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref>

The celebration in honor of [[James the Great|Santiago Apóstol]], Patron of Chicontepec, takes place in July.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018201100/http://www.chicontepec.gob.mx/ Municipal Official webpage] * {{in lang|es}} [http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=chicontepecdetejeda.pdf Municipal Official Information]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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