Nahuatl. Tla-mia-hua-c; "corn in flowers of the earth", in huasteco, Tam-yan-ha, "Placeof much water. " In the twelfth century was the capital of the empire Huasteca. In 1830 he decreed as Villa, in 1853 Tamiahua goes to the Department of Veracruz. In 1861Benito Juárez declared the opening of the channel to communicate with TampicoTuxpan by Tamiahua Lagoon.
It lies between the North and Pánuco Tuxpan to the south, which is connected bychannels located in the Gulf of Mexico coast in the state of Veracruz, between TuxpanPánuco and the coordinates 21 ° 06 'N north and 97 ° 23 'and 97 ° 46' west longitude.
Tamiahua Township is located in the state of Veracruz, is one of the 212municipalities of the state and is located in the north of the state, is part of theHuasteca region and is ranked high as a semi-urban township. Its coordinates are 21° 17 'north, longitude 97 ° 27 ' and has a height of 4 meters. Its county seat is the townof Tamiahua, and is made up of urban population. The territorial extension of the municipality is 981 square Kilomentros, which is part of 109 population centers, among which are congregations and encampments. Since the nineteenth century thevilla belonged to Tamiahua city of Tuxpan.
The municipality has a population of 23,984 inhabitants, consisting of 187 locations.
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