Axtla de Terrazas

Axtla de Terrazas is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in central Mexico.^[1] 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.^[2]

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
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/

Parroquia de Santa Catarina at night time

Politics

Gregorio Cruz Martinez is the Constitutional Municipality President as of 2021 with his term lasting until 2024.^[3]

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.^[4] 75% of the population is indigenous or at least of indigenous descent,65% of the population is catholic.^[5]

Castle of Health

The Castle Of Health (Spanish: Castillo De La Salud) is a 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.^[6] The castle is still in use by people who use traditional and herbal medicine.^[7]