Chontla

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'''Chontla''' is a [[Municipalities of Veracruz|municipality]] in the [[List of states of Mexico|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 km<sup>2</sup>. It is located at {{coord|21|18|N|97|55|W|}}.

==Geography==

===Borders=== Chontla is delimited to the west by [[Tantoyuca]], to the south by [[Ixcatepec]] and [[Tepetzintla, Veracruz|Tepetzintla]], and to the east by [[Citlaltépetl, Veracruz|Citlaltépetl]] and [[Ozuluama de Mascareñas (municipality)|Ozuluama]].<ref name="e-local">{{cite web|url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30063a.htm|title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Chontla|publisher=[Gobierno Estatal]|language=es|access-date=2009-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516085444/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30063a.htm|archive-date=2007-05-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Settlements=== <div align=left>  {| class="toc" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0.5 width=500px style="float:center; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding: 1e text-align:left;clear:all; margin-left:3px; font-size:90%" |colspan=4 style="background:#black; color:white; font-size:120%" align=center bgcolor="green"|'''Población y Vivienda de las principales localidades del Municipio de Chontla''' |- | style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center | '''Locality''' | style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center | '''Pop. (2005)''' | style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center | '''No. of Viviendas''' |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | '''Chontla Municipality''' | align="right" |'''14,549''' | align="right" |'''3,389''' |- | Chontla | align="right" | 2,208 | align="right" | 560 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | San Francisco | align="right" | 1,768 | align="right" | 395 |- | San Juan Otontepec | align="right" | 1,126 | align="right" | 242 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | Las Cruces | align="right" | 667 | align="right" | 114 |- | Cruz Manantial | align="right" | 617 | align="right" | 142 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | La Garita | align="right" | 603 | align="right" | 139 |- | Magozal | align="right" | 585 | align="right" | 171 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | Mata de Otate | align="right" | 540 | align="right" | 151 |- | Rancho Quemado | align="right" | 460 | align="right" | 119 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | El Naranjal | align="right" | 413 | align="right" | 86 |- | Arranca Estacas | align="right" | 382 | align="right" | 76 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | San Nicolasillo | align="right" | 380 | align="right" | 91 |-colspan = "3" | Fuente: [[INEGI]] | | |} </div> ===Weather=== The weather in Chontla is warm all year with rains in summer.

==Products== It produces principally [[maize]], [[beans]] and [[chili pepper]]s.

==Events== In November the celebration in honor of Santa Catarina takes place.{{cn|date=September 2023}}

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== External links ==

* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.chontla.gob.mx Official website]

[[Category:Municipalities of Veracruz]]