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.