Ozuluama | |
Settlement Type: | City & municipal seat |
Other Name: | (Formally: Ozuluama de Mascareñas) |
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 |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Ozuluama de Mascareñas |
Established Title2: | City status |
Established Date2: | 6 September 1910 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 3,439 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 21.6667°N -97.85°W |
Elevation M: | 150 |
Blank Name: | Demonym |
Blank Info: | Ozuluamense |
Ozuluama (formally: Ozuluama de Mascareñas)is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Ozuluama de Mascareñas. It was given city status on 6 September 1910.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the city of Ozuluama reported a total population of 3,439[1]
The name "Ozuluama" is Nahuatl in origin. The epithet "de Mascareñas" (awarded 20 August 1980) honours Colonel Francisco Esteban Mascareñas, who was born here and fought on the Liberal side in the Reform War.