| Huayacocotla | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | 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 |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Leader Name: | Mario Jorge Pérez Martínez (AFV), 2008-10 |
| Established Title: | Municipality created |
| Area Total Km2: | 571.79 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 20765 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 20.5333°N -98.4833°W |
| Elevation M: | 2149 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Website: | www.huayacocotla.gob.mx |
Huayacocotla is a municipalitity of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Baja region. The municipal seat is the town of Huayacocotla.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 20,765, of whom 5,211 lived in the municipal seat. Of the municipality's inhabitants, 779 (4.30%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Nahuatl.[1]
Huayacocotla Municipality covers a total surface area of 571.79 km². It borders Ilamatlán and Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes to the north; Texcatepec and Zacualpan to the east; and with the state of Hidalgo to the south and west.[2]