| Axtla de Terrazas | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
| Motto: | El corazón de la Huasteca |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | San Luis Potosí |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Leader Name: | Gregorio Cruz Martínez |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 21.4394°N -98.8722°W |
| Website: | http://www.axtladeterrazas-slp.gob.mx/2021-2024/ |
Axtla de Terrazas is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in central Mexico.[1] The municipality was founded 1826, its name comes from Nahuatl (astlan) and is interpreted as: "Place of white herons", it was added de Terrazas in honor of the revolutionary Alfredo M. Terrazas.[2]
Gregorio Cruz Martinez is the Constitutional Municipality President as of 2021 with his term lasting until 2024.[3]
According to the II Population and Housing Count of 2005, the municipality has 32,721 inhabitants, of which 16,298 are men and 16,423 are women.[4] 75% of the population is indigenous or at least of indigenous descent,65% of the population is catholic.[5]
The Castle Of Health (Spanish: Castillo De La Salud) is an medicinal castle built in 1974 by Beto Ramon, a Huasteca Indian man who learned traditional/herbal medicine, the castle has symbolic meaning, with parts of the castle referencing passages from the bible.[6] The castle is still in use by people who use traditional and herbal medicine.[7]