Teziutlán

Town

Festival of the Virgin of Carmen in the Zocalo, 21 July 2009.

Coat of arms

Motto: La Perla de la Sierra
English: The Pearl of the Sierra

Teziutlán

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 19°49′04″N 97°22′00″W / 19.81778°N 97.36667°WCoordinates: 19°49′04″N 97°22′00″W / 19.81778°N 97.36667°W

Country

Mexico

State

Puebla

Founded

1552

Municipal Status

1825

Government

• Municipal President

Lic. Carlos Enrique Peredo Grau

Area

• Municipality

85.48 km² (33.00 sq mi)

Elevation

1,990 m (6,530 ft)

Population (2005)Municipality

• Municipality

92,170

Time zone

CST (UTC-6)

Demonym:

Teziuteca/o

Website

(Spanish) Official site

Teziutlán is a small 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 located at 19°49′N 97°22′W / 19.817°N 97.367°W / 19.817; -97.367, 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.

Teziutlán is described in some guidebooks as a "picturesque colonial town". It was founded on 15 March 1552 at a location known to the locals as "Teziuhyotepetzintlan". The name Teziutlán is Nahuatl, and means "place near the 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." Teziutlán was linked to the expanding railway network during the Porfiriato, which aided its prosperity.

The city is noteworthy as the birthplace of two prominent twentieth-century politicians:

The city has also been the birthplace of other prominent figures:

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