Axtla de Terrazas
Axtla de Terrazas | |
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Municipality and town | |
| Motto: El corazón de la Huasteca | |
| Coordinates: 21°26′22″N 98°52′20″W / 21.43944°N 98.87222°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | San Luis Potosí |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Gregorio Cruz Martínez |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| Website | http://www.axtladeterrazas-slp.gob.mx/2021-2024/ |
Axtla de Terrazas is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí 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.