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Tantoyuca is a city in 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 ...
. Popularly known as "the Pearl of the Huastecas", it is located in the state's
Huasteca Alta The Huasteca Alta 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 o ...
region. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding
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 Tantoyuca. In the 2005 INEGI Census, the city of Tantoyuca reported a total population of 23,893.


Name

"Tantoyuca" comes from the Tenek "''tan-tuyik"'', which means "place of wax."


History

Tantoyuca was founded by
Huastec people The Huastec or Téenek (contraction of ''Te' Inik'', "people from here"; also known as Huaxtec, Wastek or Huastecos) are an Indigenous people of Mexico, living in the La Huasteca region including the Mexican state, states of Hidalgo (Mexico), Hid ...
in pre-Hispanic times. It was conquered by the
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 ...
Triple Alliance in the late 15th or early 16th centuries. It was given town ''(villa)'' status on 12 April 1850 and city ''(ciudad)'' status on 25 July 1901.


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Tantoyuca
Web page of the Veracruz State Govt. Accessed 6 November 2008. {{Veracruz Populated places in Veracruz