Teziutlán

Teziutlán
—  Town & Municipality  —
Festival of the Virgin of Carmen in the Zocalo, 21 July 2009, photo by Miguel Angel Bandala Mtz.
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
Country	Mexico
State	Puebla
Founded	1552
Municipal Status	1825
Government
• Municipal President	Lic. Carlos Enrique Peredo Grau
Area
• Municipality	85.48 km2 (33 sq mi)
Elevation	1,990 m (6,529 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 municipality of the same name. 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, 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".

Famous residents

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

• Manuel Ávila Camacho (24 April 1897 – 13 October 1955), President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946.
• Vicente Lombardo Toledano (16 July 1894 – 16 November 1968), founder of the Confederación de Trabajadores de México (CTM).

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

• Maximino Ávila Camacho, brother of Manuel Ávila Camacho, governor of Puebla and federal secretary of public works.
• Juan Cordero (16 May 1824 – 28 May 1884), an award-winning painter.
• Antonio Espino Mora (13 August 1910 – 24 November 1993), who starred on stage, screen, and television as "Clavillazo".
• Alfredo "El Güero" Gil (5 January 1915 – 10 September 1999), lead guitarist for El Trío Los Panchos.
• Xavier Robles (b. 25 February 1949), motion picture screenwriter whose credits include Rojo Amanecer.
• Francisco Rocafuerte (b. 2 April 1962) International Concert Pianist and Conductor who won an award in the "International Piano Competition", in Paris, France.

Weather

The region is characterized by its humid weather, due to it´s a mountain region and due to the precipitations and the slope of The Gulf of Mexico. Almost all of the year the weather is humid, then the humidity rate varies between 75 and 80%, Teziutlán abound in rains during June, July and August, throughout the region with a 13 mm level. Is a cold zone, then, the rate temperature is about 14.9 °C for that reason haves a extensive vegetation. It is worth mentioning that this town was covered by a mist layer and a light rain known as “Chipi-chipi” Is considered the foggiest zone of the country, mist during 280 days a year and sometimes reaches 15 meters away. Is the little London.

See also

• Teziutlán (municipality)

References

• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
• Puebla Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (Spanish)

External links

• Cabecera Municipal de Teziutlán Official website (Spanish)
• Teziutlán (Puebla state govt. tourism pages) (Spanish)