Tepehuas

Also known as Tepehua, Tepehua people

The Tepehuas are an Indigenous people of Mexico who are based in Hidalgo, Veracruz, and Puebla. They speak Tepehua languages, which belong to the Totonacan language family.

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Ethnic group.group: Tepehuas
Ethnic group.image: Tepehua location map.svg
Ethnic group.caption: Tepehua location map
Ethnic group.population: 16,051
Ethnic group.popplace: Mexico (Hidalgo, Veracruz, Puebla)
Ethnic group.religions: Indigenous religion, Christianity
Ethnic group.languages: Tepehua languages, Spanish

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The Tepehuas are an Indigenous people of Mexico who are based in Hidalgo, Veracruz, and Puebla. They speak Tepehua languages, which belong to the Totonacan language family.

== Name == Their name in Nahuatl translated to "people of the mountain". They also use endoethnonyms that originate in Spanish-influenced Nahuatl: masipijní: the Tepehua people hamasipiní: who lives on a hill hamasip: owners of hills