Chontla is a municipality in

Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...

. It is located in the northern part of the state, about 220 km from state capital

Xalapa Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of whi ...

. It has a surface of 361.09 km². It is located at .

Geography

Borders

Chontla is delimited to the west by

Tantoyuca Tantoyuca is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Popularly known as "the Pearl of the Huastecas", it is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Tantoyuca. In the 200 ...

, to the south by

Ixcatepec Ixcatepec is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in north zone of the State of Veracruz, about from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of . It is located at . The municipality of Ixcatepec is delimited to the north and north-ea ...

and Tepetzintla, and to the east by Citlaltépetl and Ozuluama.

Settlements

Products

It produces principally

maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American English, North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples of Mexico, indigenous ...

beans A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes thr ...

and

chili pepper Chili peppers (also chile, chile pepper, chilli pepper, or chilli), from Nahuatl '' chīlli'' (), are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus ''Capsicum'', which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for ...

Events

In November the celebration in honor of Santa Catarina takes place .

Weather

The weather in Chontla is warm all year with rains in summer.

References

External links

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Official website
{{Veracruz Municipalities of Veracruz