Cerro Azul Municipality is one of the 212
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
of the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate ent ...
of
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 ...
. It is located in the state's
Huasteca Baja
Huasteca Baja Region is one of the regions of Veracruz, Mexico.
References
Regions of Veracruz
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region. The municipal seat is the city of
Cerro Azul, Veracruz.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 24,739 (down from 27,071 in 1995), of whom
23,573 lived in the municipal seat.
Of the municipality's inhabitants, 565 (2%) spoke an
indigenous language
An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous peoples. This language is from a linguistically distinct community that originated in the area. Indigenous languages are not neces ...
, primarily
Huasteco and
Nahuatl
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.
Cerro Azul Municipality covers a total surface area of 92.50 km
2.
References
External links
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Municipal Official Site*
Municipal Official Information
Municipalities of Veracruz
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