Tantima is a municipality located in the montane central zone in the State of

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, about 220 km from state capital

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. It has a surface of 267.32 km2. It is located at . It is a village huasteco very ancient; the name is given of it steals of producing tree of a few fruits known also like sacuates or jícaras. Previously it was including a great extension of territory, but in 1872 Citlaltépetl's municipality is raised and in 1875 that of Tamalín, segregating both territories of Tantima's municipality.

Toponymy

The word Tantima may come from the huastec or nahuatl languages: tan (place) and tima (a kind of tree).http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=1272,4333953&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Geographic Limits

The municipality of Tantima is delimited to the north by

Ozuluama Ozuluama (formally: Ozuluama de Mascareñas) is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Ozuluama de Mascareñas. It was given ...

, to the north, east and south by

Tamalín Tamalín is a municipality located in the north zone in the State of Veracruz. It has a surface of 417.85 km2. It is located at . By Decree of November 13, 1875 there was raised in municipality Tamalín's congregation that concerned to Tantima's m ...

, to the south-east by

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, and to the south by

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. It is watered by small creeks that form Cuchapas's tideland, which ends in the Lagoon Tamiahua.

Agriculture

It produces principally

maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn ( North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. ...

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 t ...

watermelon Watermelon (''Citrullus lanatus'') is a flowering plant species of the Cucurbitaceae family and the name of its edible fruit. A scrambling and trailing vine-like plant, it is a highly cultivated fruit worldwide, with more than 1,000 var ...

and

orange fruit An orange is a fruit of various citrus species in the family Rutaceae (see list of plants known as orange); it primarily refers to ''Citrus'' × ''sinensis'', which is also called sweet orange, to distinguish it from the related ''Citrus × ...

Celebrations

In Tantima , in October takes place the celebration in honor to San Francisco de Asís. Virgen de la Candelaria, Patron of the town, and in December takes place the celebration in honor to Virgen de Guadalupe.

Weather

The weather in Tantima is very warm all year with rains in summer and autumn.

References

External links

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Municipal Official webpage
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Municipal Official Information
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