{{Short description|Town in Veracruz, Mexico}} {{Infobox settlement |name =Huayacocotla |settlement_type =Town and municipal seat |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = 300px |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 = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |pushpin_label_position =above |pushpin_mapsize =300 |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Mexico}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Mexico|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Veracruz]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Municipality (Mexico)|Municipality]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Huayacocotla (municipality)|Huayacocotla]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |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 = Settled |established_date = [[Conquest of Mexico|pre-Conquest]] |established_title2 = Town status |established_date2 = 27 May 1881 |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area --> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox settlement for details on automatic 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 = <!-- Population --> |population_as_of =2005 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =3,847 |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_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information --> |timezone =[[Time in Mexico|Zona Centro]] |utc_offset = -6 |coordinates = {{coord|20|33|0|N|98|29|0|W|region:MX|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 2149 |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Mexico|Postal code]] |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = [http://www.huayacocotla.gob.mx/ www.huayacocotla.gob.mx] |footnotes = }}
'''Huayacocotla''' ({{langx|oto|Mbati; Mbatu̠di}}, 'long ocote'<ref>{{cite journal |last1=García |first1=Yolanda Lastra |title=Topónimos otomíes |journal=Estudios de Cultura Otopame |date=2008 |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=301, 306 |url=https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/eco/article/view/23995 |access-date=31 March 2026 |language=es}}</ref>) is a town ''([[settlement classification in Mexico|villa]])'' in the [[Mexican state]] of [[Veracruz]]. Located in the state's [[Huasteca Baja]] region, it serves as the municipal seat for the [[Huayacocotla (municipality)|surrounding municipality of the same name]].
In the 2005 INEGI Census, Huayacocotla reported a total population of 3,847.<ref>{{cite web|title=Huayacocotla|url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30072a.htm|work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|publisher=[[Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal]]|access-date=9 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117004925/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30072a.htm|archive-date=17 November 2006}}</ref>
==Name== "Huayacocotla" comes from the [[Nahuatl]] elements ''hueyi'' (large) ''coautli'' (tree) and ''tla'' (particle of abundance). It therefore means "place of large trees".
==Media== Huayacocotla is home to [[XHFCE-FM]], an indigenous [[community radio]] station, now broadcasting on the [[VHF]] band but previously operating for 30 years on [[short-wave]] frequencies as XEJN-OC.
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