| Official Name: | Teziutlán |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Total Type: | Municipality |
| Motto: | La Perla de la Sierra The Pearl of the Mountain Range |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Puebla |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Leader Name: | Lic. Carlos Enrique Peredo Grau |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1552 |
| Established Title2: | Municipal Status |
| Established Date2: | 1825 |
| Area Total Km2: | 85.48 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Footnotes: | Municipality |
| Population Total: | 92,170 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 19.8178°N -97.3667°W |
| Elevation M: | 1990 |
| Blank1 Name: | Demonym |
| Blank1 Info: | Teziuteca/o |
| Website: | Official site |
Teziutlán is a city in the northeast of the Mexican state of Puebla. Its 2005 census population was 60,597. It also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding Teziutlán Municipality. The municipality has an area of 84.2 km2 (32.51 sq mi) and a population of 88,970.
Teziutlán is described in some guidebooks as a "picturesque colonial town". It was founded (by spaniar) on 15 March 1552 at a location known to the locals as "Teziuhyotepetzintlancingo". means "Little mount with hailstones". The name Teziutlán is Nahuatl, and means "place with hailstones".
During the presidency of Porfirio Díaz, the town gained prosperity, and it is described as "a commercial town of importance, very often visited by traveling salesmen from businesses in this country and abroad... It depends on a group of businesses that handle significant capital and sell on a large scale in the principal markets of Europe and the United States."[1] Teziutlán was linked to the expanding railway network during the Porfiriato presidency, which aided its prosperity.
The municipality has an area of 84.2 km.
Teziutlán is located at, close to the border with Veracruz, in the Sierra Madre Oriental. The area is drained by the Río El Calvario, Río Xóloatl and Río Xoloco rivers.
The climate is highland subtropical but ever moist (Köppen: Cfb) similar to the plateaus of southern Brazil, but with longer soft periods of time.[2] [3]
The city is noteworthy as the birthplace of two prominent twentieth-century politicians:
The city has also been the birthplace of other prominent figures: