Castillo de Teayo Municipality is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of the
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
of
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...
. It is located in the state's
Huasteca Baja
The Huasteca Baja region is one of the regions of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is part of the broader Huasteca
La Huasteca is a geographical and cultural region located partially along the Gulf of Mexico and including parts of the states of ...
region. The municipal seat is the village of
Castillo de Teayo.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 18,424 (down from 19,335 in 1995), of whom 4,159 lived in the municipal seat.
Of the municipality's inhabitants, 1,970 (10.52%) spoke an
indigenous language
An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by its indigenous peoples. Indigenous languages are not necessarily national languages but they can be; for example, Aymara is both an indigen ...
, primarily
Nahuatl
Nahuatl ( ; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahuas, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller popul ...
.
The municipality of Castillo de Teayo covers a total surface area of 447.46 km².
Name
"Teayo" comes from the Nahuatl ''te-ayo-k'', which means "tortoise atop stone". This is a reference to the archaeological site known as the
Castle of Teayo, a syncretic blend of the
Toltec
The Toltec culture () was a Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture that ruled a state centered in Tula (Mesoamerican site), Tula, Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, Mexico, during the Epiclassic and the early Post-Classic period of Mesoam ...
,
Mexica
The Mexica (Nahuatl: ; singular ) are a Nahuatl-speaking people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers of the Triple Alliance, more commonly referred to as the Aztec Empire. The Mexica established Tenochtitlan, a settlement on an island ...
, and
Huastec
Huastec can refer to either:
*Huastec people, an indigenous group of Mexico
*Huastec language (also called "Wasteko" and "Teenek"), spoken by the Huastec people
* Huastec civilization, the pre-Columbian ancestors of the modern day Huastec people
...
cultures.
Settlements
*
Castillo de Teayo (municipal seat; 2005 population 4159)
*
Mequetla (1614)
*
La Guadalupe (1504)
*
Teayo (1402)
*
La Defensa (1117)
References
External links
*
Municipal Official Site*
Municipal Official Information
{{Veracruz
Municipalities of Veracruz