Huauchinango

Huauchinango
City
Huauchinango de Degollado
View of Huauchinango
View of Huauchinango
Official seal of Huauchinango
Huauchinango is located in Puebla (state)
Huauchinango
Huauchinango
Huauchinango is located in Mexico
Huauchinango
Huauchinango
Coordinates: 20°10′36″N 98°03′10″W / 20.17667°N 98.05278°W / 20.17667; -98.05278
Country Mexico
StatePuebla
Founded1116-1121
Municipal Status19th century
Government
 • Municipal PresidentCarlos Martínez Amador
Elevation
(of seat)
1,519 m (4,984 ft)
Population
 (2010) Municipality
 • Municipality97,753
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (US Central))
Postal code (of seat)
73160
Area code776

Huauchinango (formally, Huauchinango de Degollado, commemorating 19th-century liberal politician and soldier Santos Degollado) is a city in the far north of the state of Puebla in central Mexico. It is located in the rugged Sierra Norte de Puebla mountain region, filled with peaks, ravines and rivers that form waterfalls. The city is home to a locally venerated image called the Señor del Santo Entierro (Lord of the Holy Burial) and also to the area's main commercial fair, the Feria de las Flores, which promotes the area's flower production, especially that of azaleas. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.