{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Zongolica |settlement_type =[[Municipalities of Mexico|Municipality]] and town |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Zongolica al amancer.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Dawn over Zongolica |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_shield = Escudo de Zongolica.svg |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize =200px |map_caption = Location of the municipality in Veracruz |pushpin_map =Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |pushpin_label_position =above |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Mexico <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Mexico}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Mexico|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Veracruz]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Eliseo R. Macuixtle |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =347.33 <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |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 =2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 45,028 |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 = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[Time in Mexico|Central]] |utc_offset = -6 |coordinates = {{coord|18|40|N|97|00|W|region:MX|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = [https://zongolica.gob.mx/portal/ zongolica.gob.mx] |footnotes = }}
'''Zongolica''' is a city and its surrounding [[Municipalities of Veracruz|municipality]] in the [[List of states of Mexico|Mexican state]] of [[Veracruz]]. It is located in the state's central [[Mountains Region|Mountains region]], about 100 km from the state capital at [[Xalapa]]. The municipality covers 63.34 km<sup>2</sup> and, in 2020, reported a population of 45,028.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zongolica: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety |url=https://www.economia.gob.mx/datamexico/en/profile/geo/zongolica |website=Data México |publisher=[[Secretaría de Economía]] |access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref> It is located at {{coord|18|40|N|97|00|W|}}. The name comes from [[Nahuatl]] ''Tzontli-coliuhqui'' 'crafty hair'.
== Economy == It produces principally [[maize]], [[orange fruit]] [[coffee]] and [[mango]]. The climate is cold-humid, with an average temperature of 17.4 °C, with rains in summer and autumn.
== Culture == Every October, a festival is held to celebrate Saint [[Francis of Assisi]], the town's patron, and in December there is a festival in honor of the [[Virgin of Guadalupe]].
Zongolica is home to the Ixcohuapa people, who are known for cooking and consuming larvae of ''[[Arsenura armida]].''
[[XEZON-AM]], an [[Indigenous peoples of Mexico|indigenous]] [[community radio]] station that broadcasts in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Nahuatl]], is based in Zongolica.
== Geography == The municipality of Zongolica is bordered to the north by [[Tequila, Veracruz|Tequila]] and [[Omealca]], to the east by [[Tezonapa]], to the south by the state of [[Puebla]] and to the west by [[Los Reyes, Veracruz|Los Reyes]].<ref name="e-local">{{cite web|url= http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30201a.htm |title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Zongolica |publisher= Gobierno Estatal|language=es|access-date=2009-06-18}}</ref>
=== Climate ===
<div style="width:75%"> {{Weather box |location = Zongolica |single line = Yes |metric first = Yes |Jan high F = 68.5 |Feb high F = 70 |Mar high F = 74.5 |Apr high F = 78.3 |May high F = 79.5 |Jun high F = 78.4 |Jul high F = 76.8 |Aug high F =78.1 |Sep high F = 77.2 |Oct high F = 74.3 |Nov high F =72.1 |Dec high F = 69.1 |year high F = 74.7 |Jan low F = 46.2 |Feb low F = 45.9 |Mar low F = 49.1 |Apr low F = 52.7 |May low F = 55.9 |Jun low F = 57.7 |Jul low F = 55.6 |Aug low F = 56.3 |Sep low F = 57.2 |Oct low F = 54.9 |Nov low F = 50.4 |Dec low F = 47.7 |year low F = 52.5 |Jan precipitation inch = 3.4 |Feb precipitation inch =2.5 |Mar precipitation inch = 2.4 |Apr precipitation inch = 3.7 |May precipitation inch = 6 |Jun precipitation inch = 17.2 |Jul precipitation inch = 20.8 |Aug precipitation inch = 17.4 |Sep precipitation inch = 16.8 |Oct precipitation inch = 9.9 |Nov precipitation inch = 5.3 |Dec precipitation inch = 3.7 |year precipitation inch = 109.1 |source 1 = Weatherbase <ref name=Weatherbase> {{cite web |url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=930200&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Zongolica, Veracruz |publisher=Weatherbase |year=2011 }} Retrieved on November 24, 2011. </ref> |date=November 2011 }} </div>
===Fauna=== Zongolica catfish ''[[Rhamdia zongolicensis]]'' is named after Zongolica<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Romero |first1=Aldemaro |last2=Paulson |first2=Kelly M. |year=2001 |title=It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world |journal=Environmental Biology of Fishes |volume=62 |issue=1–3 |pages=13–41 |doi=10.1023/A:1011844404235 |url=https://spark.siue.edu/context/bio_fac/article/1370/type/native/viewcontent |url-access=subscription }}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> and only known from a single cave in the Sierra de Zongolica.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wilkens|first1=Horst |year=2001 |title=Convergent adaptations to cave life in the ''Rhamdia laticauda'' catfish group (Pimelodidae, Teleostei) |journal=Environmental Biology of Fishes|volume=62|issue=1–3 |pages=251–261 |doi=10.1023/A:1011897805681}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081101210426/http://www.zongolica.gob.mx/ Municipal government webpage] * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120325113640/http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4493464&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&municipio=zongolica.pdf Municipal Official Information]
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