Tepetlán is a municipality located in the montane central zone in the State of Veracruz. It has a surface of 83.90 km2. It is located at 19°40′N 96°48′W. During the Pre-Hispanic epoch he was a people Totonaca, the most ancient date in the one that one alludes as municipality in that of the 1 °. Of December, 1868 In the Cologne it named the village San Antonio Tepetlán, for decree of November 5, 1932, the head-board is called Tepetlán, remaining suppressed the first part of the name.

Geographic Limits

The municipality of Tepetlán is delimited by Acatlán

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, Chiconquiaco

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, Alto Lucero de Gutiérrez Barrios and Naolinco

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. The territory of the municipality is watered by small tributary rivers of the river Actópan.

Agriculture

It produces principally maize

Maize

Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...

, beans, green chile, sugarcane

Sugarcane

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 and coffee

Coffee

Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...

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Celebrations

In Tepetlán , in June takes place the celebration in honor to San Antonio, Patron of the town, and in December takes place the celebration in honor to Virgen de Guadalupe.

Weather

The weather in Tepetlán is very cold and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

External links

Municipal Official webpage Municipal Official Information