Altotonga | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico Veracruz#Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Veracruz |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Capital Region |
Leader Party: | PRI |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Juan Ignacio Vladimir Morales Guevara |
Area Total Km2: | 328.7 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 64,234 |
Population Density Km2: | 189.7 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Seat |
Population Blank1: | 21,640 |
Timezone: | Central (US Central) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 19.7661°N -97.2456°W |
Elevation Point: | of seat |
Elevation M: | 2,500 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (of seat) |
Postal Code: | 93700 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | ET |
Blank1 Name: | Demonym |
Altotonga (Spanish; Castilian: Municipio de Altotonga) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located about 80 km northwest of the state capital Xalapa. It has an area of 328.7 km2 It is located at 19.7667°N -112°W.
Altotonga is delimited to the east by Misantla, to the south by Tenochtitlán, Tatatila, Las Minas, Villa Aldama and Perote, to the west by Jalacingo, and to the north by Atzalan and Misantla.[1]
It produces maize, beans and potatoes.
As 2020 the municipality had a population of 64,234 inhabitants in 105 localities.[2] About a third resides in the municipal seat, other localities include Juan Marcos (3,039 hab.), Ahueyahualco (2,944 hab.), Tezahuapan de Juárez (2,143 hab.) and Gutiérrez Zamora (1,828 hab.).[2]