Pueblo Viejo Municipality, Veracruz


Pueblo Viejo 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 the city of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Veracruz.

Geography

The municipality covers a total area of 286.24 km² and is located on Federal Highway 123.
It borders with the state of Tamaulipas and the municipality of Pánuco to the north and west, with the Gulf of Mexico to the east, and with Tampico Alto to the south.

Demographics

In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 52,593,
of whom 8,950 lived in the municipal seat.
Of the municipality's inhabitants, 553 spoke an indigenous language, primarily Nahuatl; 0.32% of the total population spoke no Spanish.

Settlements

The municipal seat of Pueblo Viejo is not its largest centre of population.
Of the municipality's 73 settlements, the largest are: