Misantla
municipal seat of Misantla, State of Veracruz, Mexico
Misantla is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, the administrative seat of the municipality (municipio) of the same name. The municipality is bordered by Martínez de la Torre, Colipa and Papantla.
Misantla is located in the valley of the Misantla River in the Sierra de Chiconquiaco.
Travelwise, Misantla is about 35 km (22 mi) from the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico; however, the roads to the coast are not reliable. Misantla is located two hours north of Xalapa (the capital of the state) on Veracruz State Highway 65, a most scenic mountain route, well-paved. Federal Highways 180 and 129 are on either side of it. There are Mesoamerican pyramids located northwest of town.
It is the municipal seat of several different communities such as Morelos, Guerrero, el Pozón, Buenos Aires, Arroyo Hondo, etc. In the local Native American Totonac language it means "place of the deer", although there are no longer deer in the wild. Misantla is over 450 years old, it was founded by the Spanish conquistadors and the Native population.
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