Tenochtitlán, Veracruz

Tenochtitlán
Municipality
Tenochtitlán is located in Mexico
Tenochtitlán
Tenochtitlán
Location of Tenochtitlán in Veracruz
Coordinates: 19°48′N 96°55′W / 19.800°N 96.917°W / 19.800; -96.917
CountryMexico
StateVeracruz
MunicipalityTenochtitlán
Elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
5,600
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
Area code235
WebsiteOfficial Website

Tenochtitlán is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and the name of the main township which serves as the seat of the municipal government. It is located in the foothills of the Sierra Madre, with the township lying at an altitude of approximately 900 m (2953 ft) above mean sea level.

In the year 2000 census, the municipality reported a total population of slightly over 5600 people. The same census also revealed that the municipality had no hotels, no restaurants, no cafeterias, no bars, and no discothèques or night-clubs.[1]

The town and the municipality are both named after Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire prior to the Spanish conquest.

References

  1. ^ "Municipio de Tenochtitlan, Veracruz, México". www.tenochtitlan.gob.mx. Archived from the original on 2004-08-10. Retrieved 2025-07-16.