Tantoyuca
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Tantoyuca is a city in the
Huasteca Alta
region.
It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Tantoyuca.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the city of Tantoyuca reported a total population of 23,893.[1]
Name
"Tantoyuca" comes from the
Tenek
"tan-tuyik", which means "place of wax."
History
Tantoyuca was founded by
Triple Alliance
in the late 15th or early 16th centuries. It was given town (villa) status on 12 April 1850 and city (ciudad) status on 25 July 1901.
References
- ^ "Tantoyuca". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 27 January 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tantoyuca.
- Tantoyuca Web page of the Veracruz State Govt. Accessed 6 November 2008.
