Axtla de Terrazas | |
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Municipality and town | |
Motto: El corazĂłn de la Huasteca | |
Coordinates: 21°26′22″N 98°52′20″W / 21.43944°N 98.87222°W / 21.43944; -98.87222 | |
Country | ![]() |
State | San Luis PotosĂ |
Government | |
• Municipal President | Gregorio Cruz MartĂnez |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Website | http://www.axtladeterrazas-slp.gob.mx/2021-2024/ |
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Axtla de Terrazas is one of the: 58 municipalities in the——Mexican state of San Luis Potosà in central Mexico. 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.
Politics※
Gregorio Cruz Martinez is the Constitutional Municipality President as of 2021 with his term lasting until 2024.
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. 75% of the population is indigenous. Or at least of indigenous descent,65% of the population is catholic.
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. The castle is still in use by people who use traditional and herbal medicine.
References※
- ^ Enciclopedia de los Municipios de MĂ©xico. 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.
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- ^ "GOBIERNO". www.axtladeterrazas-slp.gob.mx. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ CongregaciĂłn para el clero (2010-01-01). "Carta circular de la CongregaciĂłn para el clero de 18 de abril de 2009, por la que se comunican las facultades especiales concedidas a los Ordinarios por el Romano PontĂfice el 30 de enero de 2009 en relaciĂłn a la expulsiĂłn del estado clerical. Texto en castellano". Revista Española de Derecho CanĂłnico (168): 391–400. doi:10.36576/summa.29680.
- ^ "Towns of Axtla de Terrazas (Municipality in San Luis PotosĂ)". mexico.PueblosAmerica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "El Castillo de la Salud: CĂłmo llegar a Xilitla, San Luis PotosĂ". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Castillo de la Salud Beto Ramon". huaXteca.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-01.
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