Yecuatla 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' ...

located in the north zone in the

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, about 40 km from the state capital

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. It has a surface of 135.72 km2. It is located at .

Name

The name comes from the language Náhuatl, Yec-uauh-tlan; that means “Place of three snakes ".

Geography

The municipality of Yecuatla is bordered to the north-east by

Colipa Colipa is a small town in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It has a population of about 3,000. The weather is generally hot and the rainy season runs from October through December. It is located at 19°55' N, 96°42' W, less than 20 km from ...

, to the south by

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, to the west by

Misantla Misantla is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, the administrative seat of the municipality ''(municipio)'' of the same name. The municipality is bordered by Martínez de la Torre, Colipa and Papantla. Misantla is located in the valley ...

and to the north-west by

. The climate in Yecuatla is warm-regular with an average temperature of 22.5°C, with rains in summer and autumn.

Agriculture

It produces principally

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green chile Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli ( ), are varieties of berry-fruit plants from the genus ''Capsicum'', which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency. They are used as a spice to add pungency ( ...

orange fruit The orange, also called sweet orange to distinguish it from the bitter orange (''Citrus × aurantium''), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae. Botanically, this is the hybrid ''Citrus'' × ''sinensis'', between the pomelo (''Citrus m ...

and

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Celebrations

Every Augusts, a festival is held to celebrate Virgen de la Asunción, patron of the town and in December there is a festival held in honor of the

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References

External links

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Municipal Official webpage
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Municipal Official Information
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