Tantoyuca is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz

Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...

. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region.
It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Tantoyuca

Tantoyuca (municipality)

Tantoyuca is one of the 212 municipalities of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. The municipal seat is Tantoyuca, Veracruz....

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In the 2005 INEGI Census, the city of Tantoyuca reported a total population of 23,893.

Name

Tantoyuca comes from the Tenek

Wastek language

The Wastek or Huastec language is a Mayan language of Mexico, spoken by the Huastecs living in rural areas of San Luis Potosí and northern Veracruz. Though relatively isolated from them, it is related to the Mayan languages spoken further south and east in Mexico and Central America...

 tan-tuyik , which means "place of wax."

History

Tantoyuca was founded by Huastec people in pre-Hispanic times. It was conquered by the Mexica

Mexica

The Mexica were a pre-Columbian people of central Mexico.Mexica may also refer to:*Mexica , a board game designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling*Mexica , a 2005 novel by Norman Spinrad...

 Triple Alliance

Aztec Triple Alliance

The Aztec Triple Alliance, or Aztec Empire began as an alliance of three Nahua city-states or "altepeme": Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan...

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.

External links

• Tantoyuca Web page of the Veracruz State Govt. Accessed 06 November 2008.