Tecolutla
Sign in to saveTecolutla is a town and municipality located on the Tecolutla River on the eastern coast of the state of Veracruz in Mexico. It has the closest beaches to Mexico City, and much of its economy is based on tourism, as it is only a four- or five-hour drive from the capital. It is the northern end of a tourist corridor along the Gulf of Mexico called the "Emerald Coast," which extends down to the city of Veracruz.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tecolutla
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- Town and municipality
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- Municipality
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- MuniPalaceTecolutla.JPG
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- Fountain and municipal palace of Tecolutla
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- Mexico Veracruz#Mexico
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- above
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- 300
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- Country
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- State
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- Veracruz
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- Region
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- Totonaca Region
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- Municipal President
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ernesto Chavarria Miranda (2006–2009)
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- Founded
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- Municipal Status
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- 1879
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- Tourism
- Geography
- History
- The Tecolutla "Monster"
- The municipality
- References
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Tecolutla is a town and municipality located on the Tecolutla River on the eastern coast of the state of Veracruz in Mexico. It has the closest beaches to Mexico City, and much of its economy is based on tourism, as it is only a four- or five-hour drive from the capital. It is the northern end of a tourist corridor along the Gulf of Mexico called the "Emerald Coast," which extends down to the city of Veracruz.
Tecolutla's biggest attraction is its natural settings of wetlands with estuaries, canals and mangroves associated with the river. The town is known for the "Tecolutla Monster,"—probably a dead whale—that was washed ashore in 1969. Its remains are kept at the Marine Museum. The name Tecolutla means "place of the tecolotes or owls."