Xicotepec

Xicotepec
Municipality and town
Xicotepec de Juárez
Official seal of Xicotepec
Location of the municipality in Puebla
Location of the municipality in Puebla
Coordinates: 20°18′00″N 97°58′00″O
Country Mexico
StatePuebla
Government
 • MayorLaura Guadalupe Vargas Vargas (2018-2021)[1]
Elevation
1,180 m (3,870 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Area code764

Xicotepec (in Nahuatl: xico; tepetl, 'jicote or bumblebee; hill' 'Hill of jicotes'') is one of the 217 municipalities that make up the Mexican state of Puebla in central-eastern Mexico.[2] It is located within the Sierra Norte de Puebla and belongs to the first region of the state. Its head is the city of Xicotepec de Juárez, which has been recognized by the Mexico's Secretary of Tourism as one of the 121 pueblos mágicos (magical towns) in the country since 2012.

  1. ^ "Planillas electas - Ayuntamientos". Instituto Electoral del Estado de Puebla. 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on April 5, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2010.