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(June 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico Tantima Municipality Tantima Location of Tantima within Mexico Show map of Veracruz Tantima Tantima (Mexico) Show map of Mexico Coordinates: 21°20′N 97°50′W / 21.333°N 97.833°W / 21.333; -97.833 Country Mexico State Veracruz Government • Municipal President Maria Guadalupe Santos Cenobio • Federal electoral district Veracruz's 1st Area • Total 267.32 km2 (103.21 sq mi) Population • Total 13 248 • Density 49.56/km2 (128.4/sq mi) Time zone UTC-6 (Zona Centro) Website http://www.tantima.gob.mx/ **Tantima** is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Veracruz) located in the montane central zone in the [Mexican state](/source/List_of_states_of_Mexico) of [Veracruz](/source/Veracruz), about 220 km from the state capital [Xalapa](/source/Xalapa). It has a surface of 267.32 km2. It is located at [21°20′N 97°50′W / 21.333°N 97.833°W / 21.333; -97.833](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tantima¶ms=21_20_N_97_50_W_). It is a village huasteco very ancient; the name is given of it steals of producing tree of a few fruits known also like sacuates or jícaras. Previously it was including a great extension of territory, but in 1872 Citlaltépetl's municipality is raised and in 1875 that of Tamalín, segregating both territories of Tantima's municipality. ## Toponymy The word Tantima may come from the huastec or nahuatl languages: tan (place) and tima (a kind of tree).[1] ## Geography The municipality of **Tantima** is delimited to the north by [Ozuluama](/source/Ozuluama_de_Mascare%C3%B1as_(municipality)), to the north, east and south by [Tamalín](/source/Tamal%C3%ADn), to the south-east by [Chinampa de Gorostiza](/source/Chinampa_de_Gorostiza), and to the south by [Tancoco](/source/Tancoco).[2] It is watered by small creeks that form Cuchapas's tideland, which ends in the Lagoon Tamiahua. The weather in Tantima is very warm all year with rains in summer and autumn. ## Agriculture It produces principally [maize](/source/Maize), [beans](/source/Beans), [watermelon](/source/Watermelon) and [orange fruit](/source/Orange_fruit). ## Celebrations In **Tantima**, in October takes place the celebration in honor to San Francisco de Asís. Virgen de la Candelaria, Patron of the town, and in December takes place the celebration in honor to Virgen de Guadalupe. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [\[1\]](https://archive.today/20140311213727/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=1272,4333953&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-e-local_2-0)** ["Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Tantima"](http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30154a.htm) (in Spanish). veracruz.gob.mx. Retrieved 2009-06-15. ## External links - (in Spanish) [Municipal Official webpage](http://www.tantima.gob.mx) - (in Spanish) [Municipal Official Information](https://web.archive.org/web/20120310170841/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=tantima.pdf) v t e State of Veracruz Xalapa (capital) Municipalities of Veracruz Huasteca Alta Region Chalma Chiconamel Chinampa de Gorostiza El Higo Naranjos Amatlán Ozuluama de Mascareñas Pánuco Platón Sánchez Pueblo Viejo Tamalín Tamiahua Tampico Alto Tantima Tantoyuca Tempoal de Sánchez Huasteca Baja Region Álamo Temapache Benito Juárez Castillo de Teayo Cerro Azul Chicontepec de Tejeda Chontla Citlaltépetl Huayacocotla Ilamatlán Ixcatepec Ixhuatlán de Madero Tancoco Tepetzintla Texcatepec Tlachichilco Tuxpan Zacualpan Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes Totonaca Region Cazones de Herrera Chumatlán Coahuitlán Coatzintla Coxquihui Coyutla Espinal Filomeno Mata Gutiérrez Zamora Mecatlán Papantla Poza Rica Tecolutla Tihuatlán Zozocolco de Hidalgo Nautla Region Atzalán Colipa Juchique de Ferrer Martínez de la Torre Misantla Nautla San Rafael Tenochtitlán Tlapacoyan Vega de Alatorre Yecuatla Capital Region Acajete Acatlán Actopan Alto Lucero Altotonga Apazapan Ayahualulco Banderilla Chiconquiaco Coacoatzintla Coatepec Cosautlán de Carvajal Emiliano Zapata (Dos Ríos) Ixhuacán Jalacingo Jalcomulco Jilotepec Landero y Coss Las Minas Las Vigas de Ramírez Miahuatlán Naolinco Perote Rafael Lucio Tatatila Teocelo Tepetlán Tlacolulan Tlalnelhuayocan Tonayán Villa Aldama Xalapa Xico Sotavento Region Boca del Río Cotaxtla Jamapa La Antigua (José Cardel) Manlio Fabio Altamirano Medellín Paso de Ovejas Puente Nacional Soledad de Doblado Tlalixcoyan Úrsulo Galván Veracruz Mountains Region Acultzingo Alpatláhuac Amatlán de los Reyes Aquila Astacinga Atlahuilco Atoyac Atzacan Calcahualco Camarón de Tejeda Camerino Z. 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Carrillo Chacaltianguis Cosamaloapan de Carpio Ignacio de la Llave Isla Ixmatlahuacan José Azueta Juan Rodríguez Clara Lerdo de Tejada Otatitlán Playa Vicente Saltabarranca Santiago Sochiapan (Xochiapa) Tierra Blanca Tlacojalpan Tlacotalpan Tres Valles Tuxtilla Los Tuxtlas Region Catemaco San Andrés Tuxtla Santiago Tuxtla Hueyapan de Ocampo Olmeca Region Acayucan Agua Dulce Chinameca Coatzacoalcos Cosoleacaque Hidalgotitlán Ixhuatlán del Sureste Jáltipan Jesús Carranza Las Choapas Mecayapan Minatitlán Moloacán Nanchital Oluta Oteapan Pajapan San Juan Evangelista Sayula de Alemán Soconusco Soteapan Tatahuicapan Texistepec Uxpanapa Zaragoza --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tantima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantima) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantima?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.