Teziutlán is a small city in the northeast of the Mexican state of Puebla. Its reported population in 1990 was 43,867. It also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.

Teziutlán is located at , close to the border with Veracruz, in the Sierra Madre Oriental. The area is drained by the Río El Calvario , Río Xóloatl and Río Xoloco rivers.

Teziutlán is described in some guidebooks as a "picturesque colonial town". It was founded on 15 March 1552 at a location known to the locals as "Teziuhyotepetzintlan". The name Teziutlán is Nahuatl, and means "place near the hailstones".

The city is noteworthy as the birthplace of two prominent Mexican politicians of the twentieth century: Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946, and Vicente Lombardo Toledano, founder of the Confederación de Trabajadores de México or "CTM".

External link

• Teziutlán (Puebla state govt. tourism pages, in Spanish)