Tecolutla

Tecolutla is a town and municipality located on the Tecolutla River on the eastern coast of the state of Veracruz in Mexico. It has the closest beaches to Mexico City, and much of its economy is based on tourism, as it is only a four- or five-hour drive from the capital. It is the northern end of a tourist corridor along the Gulf of Mexico called the "Emerald Coast," which extends down to the city of Veracruz.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tecolutla
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and municipality
Settlement.total_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: MuniPalaceTecolutla.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Fountain and municipal palace of Tecolutla
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mexico Veracruz#Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Veracruz
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Totonaca Region
Settlement.leader_title: Municipal President
Settlement.leader_name: Ernesto Chavarria Miranda (2006–2009)
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_title2: Municipal Status
Settlement.established_date2: 1879

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Wikidata facts

Population: 26431
Elevation: 10
Image: MuniPalaceTecolutla.JPG
Dialing code: 766

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postal code: 93570
Commons category: Tecolutla, Veracruz

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Tourism
Geography
History
The Tecolutla "Monster"
The municipality
References
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Tecolutla's biggest attraction is its natural settings of wetlands with estuaries, canals and mangroves associated with the river. The town is known for the "Tecolutla Monster,"—probably a dead whale—that was washed ashore in 1969. Its remains are kept at the Marine Museum. The name Tecolutla means "place of the tecolotes or owls."