Eastern Mexico

  Eastern Mexico.

Eastern Mexico (Spanish: Oriente de México), also called East-Central Mexico (Spanish: Centro-Oriente de México), is a region of Mexico, formed by the states of Hidalgo, Puebla, Tlaxcala and Veracruz. There are five indigenous ethnic groups living in the East-Central area: Nahuas and Totonac in the west, Otomi in the northwest, the Tepehuas (within the limits of the States of Hidalgo, Puebla and Veracruz), and the Huastecos in La Huasteca region. The rest of the population are mestizos, afro-Mexican and caucasian.

The largest unextracted oil reserves in Mexico are in this area, in the area known as Chicontepec, with a size of approximately 139 billion barrels.

States

State	Official Name Estado Libre y Soberano de:	Flag	Capital	Largest city	Area	Population (2010)	Order of Admission to Federation	Date of Admission to Federation
Hidalgo	Hidalgo		Pachuca de Soto	Pachuca de Soto	02084620,846 km2 (8,049 sq mi)	26650182,665,018	2626	181912141869-01-16
Puebla	Puebla		Puebla de Zaragoza	Puebla de Zaragoza	03429034,290 km2 (13,240 sq mi)	57798295,779,829	044	181912141823-12-21
Tlaxcala	Tlaxcala		Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl	Vicente Guerrero	0039913,991 km2 (1,541 sq mi)	11699361,169,936	2222	181912141856-12-09
Veracruz	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Xalapa-Enríquez	Veracruz	07182071,820 km2 (27,730 sq mi)	76431947,643,194	077	181912141823-12-22

See also

• North-Central Mexico
• Northeastern Mexico
• Northwestern Mexico
• South-Central Mexico
• Southeastern Mexico
• Southwestern Mexico
• Western Mexico

External links

• Secretaría de Turismo
• Consejo de Promoción Turística de México