Huejutla de Reyes

{{Infobox settlement   |name = Huejutla de Reyes |settlement_type =City and municipality |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |motto =  |image_skyline =Huejutla de Reyes, Hidalgo 1.jpg |imagesize =300px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield =Coat of arms of Huejutla de Reyes.svg |shield_size =150px |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = 300px |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Mexico Hidalgo#Mexico |pushpin_label_position =above |pushpin_mapsize =300  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Mexico}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Mexico|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]] |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = Huejutla |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = Federal electoral district |leader_name1 = [[1st federal electoral district of Hidalgo|Hidalgo's 1st]] |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 377.8  |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 =2005 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 115,786 |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 = |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title = |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone =[[Time in Mexico|Zona Centro]] |utc_offset = -6 |coordinates = {{coord|21|08|N|98|25|W|region:MX|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Huejutla de Reyes''' is a city and one of the 84 [[municipalities of Hidalgo]], in central-eastern [[Mexico]]. The name comes from the [[Nahuan languages|Nahuatl]] ''huexotl'' ("willow") and ''tlan'' ("place"),<ref>{{cite web |title=Nomenclatura |url=https://huejutla.gob.mx/tu-municipio/nomenclatura |website=Municipio de Huejutla}}</ref> while "de Reyes" commemorates local cobbler Antonio Reyes Cabrera who died defending Huejutla from [[Second French intervention in Mexico|French invaders]] in 1866.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historia |url=https://huejutla.gob.mx/tu-municipio/historia |website=Municipio de Huejutla}}</ref>

The municipality covers an area of 377.8 km<sup>2</sup> in the northeast of Hidalgo, in the [[Huasteca]] region, on the border with the state of [[Veracruz]]. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 115,786.<ref>{{cite web |title=Huejutla de Reyes |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/hidalgo/municipios/13028a.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205454/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/hidalgo/municipios/13028a.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=December 27, 2008 |work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |publisher=[[Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal]]}}</ref> but only 36,305 live in the metropolitan area, whereas the remaining population live in various small communities. Around 73,200 people speak [[Indigenous languages of Mexico|indigenous languages]], primarily [[Huasteca Nahuatl]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Báez Cubero |first1=Lourdes |url=http://www.difusion.inah.gob.mx/images/ebook/Atlas/atlas-hidalgo/files/assets/common/downloads/LOS%20PUEBLOS%20IND.pdf |title=Los pueblos indígenas de Hidalgo: Atlas etnográfico |last2=Garret Ríos |first2=Gabriela |last3=Pérez González |first3=David |last4=Moreno Alcántara |first4=Beatriz |last5=Fierro Alonso |first5=Ulises Julio |last6=Hernández García |first6=Milton Gabriel |date=2012 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia |isbn=978-607-484-357-6 |edition=Primera |location=México, D.F; México |pages=32–35 |access-date=2019-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725220343/http://www.difusion.inah.gob.mx/images/ebook/Atlas/atlas-hidalgo/files/assets/common/downloads/LOS%20PUEBLOS%20IND.pdf |archive-date=2019-07-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

It has been called "the Heart of La Huasteca".<ref>{{cite web |date=4 December 2020 |title=Huejutla, el corazón de la Huasteca hidalguense |url=https://hidalgobrilla.com/huejutla-corazon-huasteca-hidalguense/ |access-date=16 May 2023 |website=Hidalgo Brilla |language=es}}</ref>

==History== Some aspects of the prehispanic history of the town are documented in the relacion of Uexutla. For instance, according to this document, the last pagan ruler of Huejutla was named Cocotecuhtli and was believed to control the rain and the fertility of the earth. The cult of [[Tezcatlipoca]] had a particular importance here, and [[Human sacrifice in pre-Columbian cultures#Mesoamerica|child sacrifice]] and [[Bloodletting in Mesoamerica|bloodletting]] were practiced. Priests were painted black and served for year-long terms, and during this time were not allowed to bathe or have sexual relations with their wives.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wauchope |first1=Robert |title=Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 10 And 11: Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica |last2=Ekholm |first2=Gordon F. |last3=Bernal |first3=Ignacio |date=2015 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9781477306758 |location=Austin, TX |pages=595, 598}}</ref>

Prehispanic Huejutla was agriculturally productive and a significant center for regional trade, with goods such as salt coming from as far as [[Campeche]]. It ruled over at least twelve lesser settlements, extending for a radius of 20 to 30 [[League (unit)#Spain|Spanish leagues]]. Although it was primarily inhabited by ethnic [[Nahuas]], [[Tepehuas]] were also found in the area. At some point, perhaps during the reign of [[Moctezuma II]], it was conquered by the [[Aztec Empire]]. However, according to [[Fray Juan de Torquemada]], it was conquered earlier and the population rebelled by assaulting Aztec officials and refusing to deliver tribute, forcing [[Ahuitzotl]] to reconquer the area.<ref>{{cite book |title=Aztec imperial strategies |date=1996 |publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection |isbn=9780884022114 |location=Washington, D.C |page=293}}</ref>

==Geography== ===Climate===

Huejutla de Reyes has a [[tropical monsoon climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Am'') featuring short, but extremely hot springs and also short, warm winters with cool mornings. The average high temperature in June is 34.4 °C (93.9 °F), with an average minimum temperature in June of 21.5 °C (70.7 °F). The average high temperature in January is 24.5 °C (76.1 °F), with an average minimum temperature in January of 11.5 °C (52.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Huejutla de Reyes is 50.0 °C (122 °F), recorded on April 26, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=CONAGUA 50 Grados en Huejutla |url=https://twitter.com/conagua_clima/status/857287056074170368 |access-date=28 April 2017 |language=Spanish}}</ref> A low temperature of -3.0 °C (26.6 °F) was recorded on December 14, 1997. Annual precipitation is 1,463.7 millimetres (57.626 in); July and September being the wettest months.

{{Weather box|location = Huejutla de Reyes, Hidalgo (1981–2010, extremes (1977–present) |metric first = yes |single line = yes | temperature colour = | Jan record high C = 38.0 | Feb record high C = 38.0 | Mar record high C = 41.0 | Apr record high C = 50.0 | May record high C = 49.0 | Jun record high C = 47.0 | Jul record high C = 42.0 | Aug record high C = 39.0 | Sep record high C = 40.0 | Oct record high C = 38.0 | Nov record high C = 38.0 | Dec record high C = 34.0 |year record high C = 50.0 | Jan high C = 24.5 | Feb high C = 26.3 | Mar high C = 29.0 | Apr high C = 32.0 | May high C = 34.0 | Jun high C = 34.4 | Jul high C = 33.1 | Aug high C = 33.5 | Sep high C = 32.0 | Oct high C = 30.3 | Nov high C = 27.4 | Dec high C = 25.1 |year high C = 30.1 | Jan mean C = 18.0 | Feb mean C = 19.3 | Mar mean C = 21.8 | Apr mean C = 24.9 | May mean C = 27.1 | Jun mean C = 27.9 | Jul mean C = 27.0 | Aug mean C = 27.1 | Sep mean C = 26.2 | Oct mean C = 24.2 | Nov mean C = 21.2 | Dec mean C = 18.8 |year mean C = 23.6 | Jan low C = 11.5 | Feb low C = 12.2 | Mar low C = 14.6 | Apr low C = 17.8 | May low C = 20.3 | Jun low C = 21.5 | Jul low C = 20.9 | Aug low C = 20.8 | Sep low C = 20.3 | Oct low C = 18.2 | Nov low C = 14.9 | Dec low C = 12.4 |year low C = 17.1 | Jan record low C = -1.0 | Feb record low C = 2.0 | Mar record low C = 2.0 | Apr record low C = 6.0 | May record low C = 10.5 | Jun record low C = 12.0 | Jul record low C = 10.0 | Aug record low C = 11.5 | Sep record low C = 8.0 | Oct record low C = 7.0 | Nov record low C = 3.0 | Dec record low C = -3.0 |year record low C = -3.0 |precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 48.8 | Feb precipitation mm = 48.7 | Mar precipitation mm = 51.3 | Apr precipitation mm = 65.0 | May precipitation mm = 92.5 | Jun precipitation mm = 177.3 | Jul precipitation mm = 225.5 | Aug precipitation mm = 190.3 | Sep precipitation mm = 278.6 | Oct precipitation mm = 167.7 | Nov precipitation mm = 67.9 | Dec precipitation mm = 50.1 |year precipitation mm = 1463.7 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 8.0 | Feb precipitation days = 6.9 | Mar precipitation days = 5.5 | Apr precipitation days = 5.6 | May precipitation days = 5.1 | Jun precipitation days = 8.5 | Jul precipitation days = 12.3 | Aug precipitation days = 9.8 | Sep precipitation days = 12.3 | Oct precipitation days = 8.6 | Nov precipitation days = 6.9 | Dec precipitation days = 6.9 |year precipitation days = 96.4 |source 1 = [[Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Mexico)|Servicio Meteorológico Nacional]] (Average temperatures, 1981-2010 - Extreme temperatures, 1977–2014)<ref name = SMN> {{cite web |title=Normales Climatológicas para Huejutla (1981-2010) |url=http://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales8110/NORMAL13011.TXT |access-date=27 April 2017 |publisher=Servicio Meteorológico Nacional}}</ref> |date=April 2017}}

==Sister cities== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]], [[United States]] (2009)

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