Tampico Alto (municipality) explained

Tampico Alto
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:250px
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:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Tampico Alto
Leader Title:Municipal President
Leader Name:Salvador Mellado Villalobos (AFV), 2008-10
Area Total Km2:1027.35
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:11971
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:22.1167°N -97.8°W
Elevation M:20
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:www.tampicoalto.gob.mx

Tampico Alto is a municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region, at the northern end of Tamiahua Lagoon. The municipal seat is also called Tampico Alto.

In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 11,971 (down from 14,684 in 1980), of whom 2,126 lived in the municipal seat.[1] Of the municipality's inhabitants, 129 spoke an indigenous language, primarily Wastek (Huasteco).

Tampico Alto Municipality covers a total surface area of 1,027.35 km2.

Settlements in the municipality

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tampico Alto. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. 6 November 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617081312/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/30152a.htm. 17 June 2011.