Tlaltetela

{{Short description|Municipality in Mexico}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = |name = Tlaltetela |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Mexico|Municipality]] |total_type = Municipality |motto =  |image_skyline = |image_shield = Escudo de Tlaltetela.svg |pushpin_map = Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |pushpin_label_position = above |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Mexico  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico]] |subdivision_type1 = [[States of Mexico|State]] |subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Veracruz}} [[Veracruz]]  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = |established_title1 = Founded as |established_date1 = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |founder =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 =  |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_density_blank1_km2 = auto |population_demonym = {{in lang|es}}  |timezone = [[Central Standard Time|CST]] |utc_offset = −6 |timezone_DST = [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]] |utc_offset_DST = −5 |coordinates = |elevation_point = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |footnotes = }} '''Tlaltetela''' is a [[Municipalities of Veracruz|municipality]] located in the montane central zone in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[List of states of Mexico|state]] of [[Veracruz]], about 25 km from the state capital [[Xalapa]]. It has a surface of 266.50 km<sup>2</sup>. It is located at {{coord|19|19|N|96|54|W|}}. The name comes from the [[Náhuatl language]] tlal- (land) and tetl (rocks). It was formerly called Axocuapan (from Nahuatl Atl-Xoxoc-Apan, meaning "in the acid water". By the decree 373 of May 8, 1979, Axocuapan was renamed Tlaltetela. In 1998, the first recreational park and the municipal library were opened. On July 12, 2020, a curfew was decreed, due to the increase of COVID-19 cases in the municipality, as the first formal quarantine in Mexico.

==Geography==

The municipality of Tlaltetela is delimited to the north by [[Jalcomulco]], [[Coatepec, Veracruz|Coatepec]] and [[Teocelo]], to the east by [[Puente Nacional, Veracruz|Puente Nacional]], to the south by [[Huatusco (municipality)|Huatusco]] and to the orient by [[Puebla]] State.<ref name="e-local">{{cite web|url= http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30024a.htm |title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Tlaltetela |publisher=Gobierno Estatal|language=es|access-date=2009-06-17}}</ref> La Antigua is watered by the river.

==Agriculture==

The area produces principally [[Lime (fruit)|limes]], [[maize]], [[beans]], [[coffee]], [[sugar cane]] and [[mango]].

==Celebrations==

In Tlaltetela, the celebration in honor to San José, Patron of the town, takes place in March, and the celebration in honor to Virgen de Guadalupe takes place in December.

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==External links== {{commons category|Tlaltetela}} * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.tlaltetela.gob.mx Municipal Official webpage] * {{in lang|es}} [http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=tlaltetela.pdf Municipal Official Information]

[[Category:Municipalities of Veracruz]]