Axtla de Terrazas
Municipality and town
Motto: 
El corazón de la Huasteca
Axtla de Terrazas is located in Mexico
Axtla de Terrazas
Axtla de Terrazas
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 21°26′22″N 98°52′20″W / 21.43944°N 98.87222°W / 21.43944; -98.87222
Country Mexico
StateSan Luis Potosí
Government
 • Municipal PresidentGregorio Cruz Martínez
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Websitehttp://www.axtladeterrazas-slp.gob.mx/2021-2024/
Parroquia de Santa Catarina at night time

Axtla de Terrazas is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in central Mexico.[1] The municipality was founded 1826, its name comes from Nahuatl (astlan) and is interpreted as: "Place of white herons", it was added de Terrazas in honor of the revolutionary Alfredo M. Terrazas.[2]

Politics

Gregorio Cruz Martinez is the Constitutional Municipality President as of 2021 with his term lasting until 2024.[3]

Demographics

According to the II Population and Housing Count of 2005, the municipality has 32,721 inhabitants, of which 16,298 are men and 16,423 are women.[4] 75% of the population is indigenous or at least of indigenous descent,65% of the population is catholic.[5]

Castle of Health

The Castle Of Health (Spanish: Castillo De La Salud) is an medicinal castle built in 1974 by Beto Ramon, a Huasteca Indian man who learned traditional/herbal medicine, the castle has symbolic meaning, with parts of the castle referencing passages from the bible.[6] The castle is still in use by people who use traditional and herbal medicine.[7]

References

  1. ^ Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal https://web.archive.org/web/20070128021947/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/sanluispotosi/. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2010. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Axtla de Terrazas". Visita San Luis Potosí (in Mexican Spanish). 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  3. ^ "GOBIERNO". www.axtladeterrazas-slp.gob.mx. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. ^ Congregación para el clero (2010-01-01). "Carta circular de la Congregación para el clero de 18 de abril de 2009, por la que se comunican las facultades especiales concedidas a los Ordinarios por el Romano Pontífice el 30 de enero de 2009 en relación a la expulsión del estado clerical. Texto en castellano". Revista Española de Derecho Canónico (168): 391–400. doi:10.36576/summa.29680.
  5. ^ "Towns of Axtla de Terrazas (Municipality in San Luis Potosí)". mexico.PueblosAmerica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  6. ^ "El Castillo de la Salud: Cómo llegar a Xilitla, San Luis Potosí". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  7. ^ "Castillo de la Salud Beto Ramon". huaXteca.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-01.


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