Huayacocotla (municipality)


Huayacocotla is one of the 212 municipalities of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Baja region. The municipal seat is the town of Huayacocotla.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 20,765, of whom 5,211 lived in the municipal seat. Of the municipality's inhabitants, 779 spoke an indigenous language, primarily Nahuatl.
Huayacocotla Municipality covers a total surface area of 571.79 km². It borders Ilamatlán and Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes to the north; Texcatepec and Zacualpan to the east; and with the state of Hidalgo to the south and west.

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