Tenochtitlán, Veracruz: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Tenochtitlán is a small town in the Mexican state of Veracruz, which serves as the municipal seat for the municipality of the same name. It is located in the foothills of the Sierra Madre, at an altitude of 900 metres above sea level, at 19° 48' N, 96° 55' W.

In the year 2000 census, the municipality reported a total population of slightly over 5600 people. The same census also revealed that the municipality had no hotels, no restaurants, no cafeterias, no bars, and no discotheques or night-clubs.[1]

The town and the municipality are both named after Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire prior to the Spanish conquest.