Tomatlán, Veracruz

The municipality of Tomatlán is located in central Veracruz at an altitude between 1,000 and 1,500 metres (3,300–4,900 ft). It borders the municipalities of Ixhuatlán del Café to the northeast, Córdoba to the southeast, Chocamán to the southwest, and Coscomatepec de Bravo to the northwest.^[6] The municipality covers an area of 18.905 square kilometres (7.299 sq mi)^[3] and comprises 0.03% of the state's area.^[1]

Tomatlán is located in the Jamapa River basin. Agricultural land makes up 87.04% of the municipality's area.^[6]

Tomatlán's climate is humid and semi-warm with rain throughout the year. Average temperatures in the municipality range between 16 and 20 °C (61–68 °F), and average annual precipitation ranges between 1,500 and 2,000 millimetres (59–79 in).^[6]

Located three kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the municipal seat of Tomatlán,^[2] the Olmec site of La Yerbabuena dates to the Middle and Late Formative periods (c. 600–400 BCE) and has been identified as a workshop for the production of obsidian tools.^[7] In the 15th century a Teochichimeca settlement called Quechultenango ("wall of quetzals") was founded in the area, which in the colonial period became known as San Miguel Quechultenango Tomatlán.

On 18 January 1825 Tomatlán was incorporated as a municipality in the state of Veracruz. It became a free municipality on 15 January 1918.^[8]

The municipal government comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and a trustee (regidor).^[2] The current president of the municipality is Nicolas Prado Morales.^[9]