Huayacocotla is a town in 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...

. Located in the state's Huasteca Baja region, it serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name

Huayacocotla (municipality)

Huayacocotla is one of the 212 municipalities of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Baja region. The municipal seat is the town of Huayacocotla....

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In the 2005 INEGI Census, Huayacocotla reported a total population of 3,847.

Name

"Huayacocotla" comes from the Nahuatl

Nahuatl

Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

 elements hueyi (large) coautli (tree) and tla (particle of abundance). It therefore means "place of large trees".

Media

Huayacocotla is home to XHFCE-FM

XHFCE-FM

XHFCE-FM is an indigenous community radio station based in Huayacocotla, a community of some 4000 inhabitants in the mountainous north of the Mexican state of Veracruz....

, an indigenous community radio

Community radio

Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...

 station, now broadcasting on the VHF band but previously operating for 30 years on short-wave frequencies as XEJN-OC.