Tantoyuca | |
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: | Tantoyuca |
Leader Title: | Municipal President |
Leader Name: | Joaquín Rosendo Guzmán Avilés (PAN), 2011-13 |
Area Total Km2: | 1205.84 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 97949 |
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: | 21.35°N -98.2333°W |
Elevation M: | 140 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | www.tantoyuca.gob.mx |
Tantoyuca is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. The municipal seat is Tantoyuca, Veracruz.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 97,949 (up from 89,492 in 1995), of whom 23,893 lived in the municipal seat.[1] Of the municipality's inhabitants, 40,864 (47.92%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Wastek (Huasteco).
The municipality of Tampico Alto covers a total surface area of 1,205.84 km2.