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Tlaltetela is a municipality located in the montane central zone in the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 25 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 266.50 km2. It is located at . The name comes from the Náhuatl language tlal- (land) and tetl (rocks). It was formerly called Axocuapan (from Nahuatl Atl-Xoxoc-Apan, meaning “in the acid water". By the decree 373 of May 8, 1979, Axocuapan was renamed Tlaltetela. In 1998, the first recreational park and the municipal library were opened. On July 12, 2020, a curfew was decreed, due to the increase of COVID-19 cases in the municipal

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Country
Mexico
Located in
Veracruz
Capital
Tlaltetela
Population
15818
Elevation
930
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Commons category
Tlaltetela Municipality
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Tlaltetela is a municipality located in the montane central zone in the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 25 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 266.50 km2. It is located at . The name comes from the Náhuatl language tlal- (land) and tetl (rocks). It was formerly called Axocuapan (from Nahuatl Atl-Xoxoc-Apan, meaning “in the acid water". By the decree 373 of May 8, 1979, Axocuapan was renamed Tlaltetela. In 1998, the first recreational park and the municipal library were opened. On July 12, 2020, a curfew was decreed, due to the increase of COVID-19 cases in the municipality, as the first formal quarantine in Mexico.

==Geography==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tlaltetela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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