Axtla de Terrazas | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
| Motto: El corazón de la Huasteca | |
  Axtla de Terrazas Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 21°26′22″N 98°52′20″W / 21.43944°N 98.87222°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | San Luis Potosí |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Gregorio Cruz Martínez |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| Website | http://www.axtladeterrazas-slp.gob.mx/2021-2024/ |
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]
- ^ "ESTADO DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- ^ "Axtla de Terrazas". Visita San Luis Potosí (in Mexican Spanish). 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2022-11-01.