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La Huasteca is a geographical and cultural region located partially along the Gulf of Mexico and including parts of the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato.
The Huastec / ˈ w ɑː s t ɛ k / or Téenek [pronunciation?] (contraction of Te' Inik, "people from here"; also known as Huaxtec, Wastek or Huastecos) are an indigenous people of Mexico, living in the La Huasteca region including the states of Hidalgo, Veracruz, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas concentrated along the route of the Pánuco River and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
La Huasteca Potosina – a collection of roughly 20 municipalities and small towns in east-central Mexico – has evolved into an epicenter of outdoor adventure.
It is spoken in a region of east-central Mexico known as the Huasteca Potosina. Western (Potosino) — 48,000 speakers in the 9 San Luis Potosí towns of Ciudad Valles (Tantocou), Aquismón, Huehuetlán, Tancanhuitz, Tanlajás, San Antonio, Tampamolón, Tanquian, and Tancuayalab.
Xilitla is a municipality (Spanish: municipio) and town in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in the Huasteca region of Mexico. The town is located at 21°23′08″N 98°59′25″W / 21.38556°N 98.99028°W / 21.38556; -98.99028 The municipality has an area of 415 square kilometres (160 sq mi) and had a population of 51,498 in ...
The Nahua of Huasteca believes there are four realms of the universe. The first is the earth, the second is the sky, the third is underwater and the fourth is called mictlan, which means place of the dead in the Nahua language and is within the earth. It is thought to be a shadowy place where the souls of people who have died normal deaths reside.
The Huastec civilization (sometimes spelled Huaxtec or Wastek) was a pre-Columbian civilization of Mesoamerica, occupying a territory on the Gulf coast of Mexico that included the northern portion of Veracruz state, and neighbouring regions of the states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas. [1]
The eastern part is included in the region commonly referred to as "La Huasteca". The Tampaón river and its tributaries drain the southern and southeastern portion of the state. The northern and central portion of the state, including the capital, lie on an interior drainage basin which does not drain to the sea.