Axtla de Terrazas

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 / 21.43944; -98.87222
Country Mexico
StateSan Luis Potosí
Government
 • Municipal PresidentGregorio Cruz Martínez
Time zoneUTC-6 (Zona Centro)
Websitehttp://www.axtladeterrazas-slp.gob.mx/2021-2024/

Axtla de Terrazas is one of the 58 municipalities in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. 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.

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