Xicotencatl

Xicotencatl is the pinnacle of the municipality with the same call located in the south middle of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is bordered at the north with the aid of the Municipality of Llera, at the east by using Gonzalez, on the south by using El Mante, and on the west via Gomez Farias. The municipality has 21,877 inhabitants, in the year of 2005.

The city of Xicotencatl changed into based on March 15, 1755 by using Jose de Escandon, who in 1748 have been entrusted by way of the Count of Revillagigedo, Viceroy of New Spain. Originally it turned into referred to as Villa de Escandon in honor of its founder, but on October 27, 1828 it become decided to neglect the founding father of the town and alternate its call to Xicotencatl in honor of the Tlaxcalan prince who fought first and then in prefer of the Spaniards commanded by means of Hernan Cortes. The principal financial interest of the municipality is sugarcane agriculture, because the sugar mill Aaron Saenz Garza started operations in 1948, the simplest huge industry in the municipality, but there is also livestock and agriculture of other crops, even though on a smaller scale.