Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes

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Zontecomatlán
Municipality and town
Zontecomatlán is located in Mexico
Zontecomatlán
Zontecomatlán
Location in Mexico
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Country  Mexico
State Veracruz
Area
 • Total 216.33 km2 (83.53 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 • Total 13,091
Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

Zontecomatlán is a municipality located in the south zone in the State of Veracruz, about 378 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 216.33 km2. It is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. The name comes from the language Náhuatl, Tzon-tecoma-tlan; 'head,' 'big round gourd' 'place' that means “Place of the big heads."

Geographic

The municipality of Zontecomatlán is bordered to the north by Hidalgo State, to the north-east by Benito Juárez and to the south by Texcatepec.[1]

Agriculture

It produces principally marijuana, maize, beans, green chile, coffee, orange fruit and sugarcane.

Celebrations

Every October, a festival is held to celebrate San Francisco de Asís, patron of the town and in December there is a festival held in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Climate

The climate in Zontecomatlán is warm-humid with an average temperature of 18°C, with rains in summer and autumn.

References

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