Ciudad Cuauhtémoc is a city in the Huasteca Alta region of the Mexican state of Veracruz

Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...

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It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Pueblo Viejo

Pueblo Viejo (municipality)

Pueblo Viejo is one of the 212 municipalities of the Mexican state of Veracruz.It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region.The municipal seat is the city of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Veracruz.-Geography:...

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The name honours Cuauhtémoc

Cuauhtémoc

Cuauhtémoc was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521...

 (ca. 1502 – 1525), last tlatoani

Tlatoani

Tlatoani is the Nahuatl term for the ruler of an altepetl, a pre-Hispanic state. The word literally means "speaker", but may be translated into English as "king". A is a female ruler, or queen regnant....

 of the Aztecs.

History

The settlement was founded in the early years of the Conquest, in the early 16th century, by Fray Andrés de Olmos

Andrés de Olmos

Andrés de Olmos , Franciscan priest and extraordinary grammarian and ethno-historian of Mexico's Indians, was born in Oña, Burgos, Spain, and died in Tampico in New Spain...

. It was given city status in 1980.

External links

• Pueblo Viejo on Veracruz State Govt. web page