| Chontla | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Chontla within Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Veracruz |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Leader Name: | Pedro Macario González Pérez |
| Area Total Km2: | 361.09 |
| Elevation Max M: | 260 |
| Population Total: | 14 549 |
| Population Density Km2: | 20.29 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 21.3°N -152°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 92200 |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Website: | http://www.chontla.gob.mx/ |
Chontla is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the northern part of the state, about 220 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 361.09 km2. It is located at 21.3°N -152°W.
Chontla is delimited to the west by Tantoyuca, to the south by Ixcatepec and Tepetzintla, and to the east by Citlaltépetl and Ozuluama.[1]
| Población y Vivienda de las principales localidades del Municipio de Chontla | |||||||||||
| Locality | Pop. (2005) | No. of Viviendas | |||||||||
| Chontla Municipality | 14,549 | 3,389 | |||||||||
| Chontla | 2,208 | 560 | |||||||||
| San Francisco | 1,768 | 395 | |||||||||
| San Juan Otontepec | 1,126 | 242 | |||||||||
| Las Cruces | 667 | 114 | |||||||||
| Cruz Manantial | 617 | 142 | |||||||||
| La Garita | 603 | 139 | |||||||||
| Magozal | 585 | 171 | |||||||||
| Mata de Otate | 540 | 151 | |||||||||
| Rancho Quemado | 460 | 119 | |||||||||
| El Naranjal | 413 | 86 | |||||||||
| Arranca Estacas | 382 | 76 | |||||||||
| San Nicolasillo | 380 | 91 | |||||||||
| Fuente: INEGI | |||||||||||
The weather in Chontla is warm all year with rains in summer.
It produces principally maize, beans and chili peppers.
In November the celebration in honor of Santa Catarina takes place.