Huatusco

{{Short description|City in Veracruz, Mexico}} {{onesource|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = | settlement_type = [[Settlement classification in Mexico|City]] and [[Municipality (Mexico)|municipal seat]] | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = File:Antiguo Palacio Municipal de Huatusco.JPG | image_caption = Former municipal palace | imagesize = 290px | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_shield = Escudo Huatusco.jpg | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = File:Huatusco.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in Veracruz | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y =  | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Mexico |coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Mexico}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Mexico|State]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Veracruz}} | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = [[Mountains Region]] | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = [[Municipal President]] | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | established_title = Established | established_date = 1327 | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 =  | established_date3 =  | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 202 | area_land_km2 = | 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 =  | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 59960 | population_blank1_title = Seat | population_blank1 = 33402 | population_density_km2 = | 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_blank2_title = Religions | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1344 | elevation_ft =  | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Huatusco de Chicuellar''' (commonly known as '''Huatusco'''), is a city and municipality in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[List of states of Mexico|state]] of [[Veracruz]], on the [[Xalapa]]–[[Mexico City]] railroad that was founded by Italian immigrants. It is bordered by [[Calcahualco, Veracruz|Calcahualco]], the state of [[Puebla]], [[Ixhuatlán del Café]] and [[Mexican Federal Highway|Federal Highway 180]].

The oldest church in Huatusco is dedicated to [[Saint Anthony of Padua|San Antonio de Padua]] with a height of approximately 20 meters. A nearby hill, called "Cerro de Guadalupe" has a church on top of it, where every year on December 11 and 12 [[Catholics|Catholic people]] hold religious festivities. In these days, the priest celebrates with a mass, and after that, people stay around the hill to have a picnic.

Economic activities in Huatusco include growing coffee, sugar cane and several fruits.

Huatusco is a small quiet town during the week. Important geographical features in the vicinity include Cerro de ecatepec, Cerro de Elotepec, and the [[Sierra Madre Oriental]]; the highest mountain in Mexico, [[Pico de Orizaba]] is also visible from the town. Huatusco is sometimes called the city of pianos ("La Ciudad de los Pianos"), because having a piano and playing it used to be common within the city.

The suffix of Huatusco, "de Chicuellar" allegedly comes from a story where a man wanted to buy the town to industrialize it, but a poor farmer named Chicuellar paid a large amount of money to prevent that from happening. From 1902 to 1953, Huatusco was served by the [[Córdoba and Huatusco Railroad]] [[narrow gauge]] railroad.

Manuel Chacón, commander of the municipal police department, was assassinated in May 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aparece ejecutado comandante de la policía de Misantla, Veracruz |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2021/1/29/aparece-ejecutado-comandante-de-la-policia-de-misantla-veracruz-257271.html |access-date=January 29, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=January 29, 2021 |language=spanish}}</ref>

==Notable people== *[[Salvador Colorado]] (1951–2021), professional baseball player

== See also == {{Portal|Mexico}} * [[Chipilo]] * [[Italian immigration to Mexico]]

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==External links== *[http://colzentla.tripod.com/principal.htm Colonia Manuel González] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717102614/http://colzentla.tripod.com/principal.htm |date=2011-07-17 }} * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.huatusco.gob.mx Municipal Official Site] * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20130514233022/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=huatusco.pdf Municipal Official Information]

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[[Category:Populated places in Veracruz]]