The Tepehuas are an indigenous people of Mexico whose name means in Nahuatl, "people of the mountain", although they refer to themselves without a term or name that encompasses a supposed ethnic group. They also use endoethnonyms that originate in Spanish-influenced Nahuatl:[2]
Total population | |
---|---|
16,051[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Mexico ( Hidalgo, Veracruz, Puebla) | |
Languages | |
Tepehua languages, Spanish | |
Religion | |
Indigenous religion, Christianity |
They mainly live in the three Mexican states of Hidalgo, Veracruz and Puebla.[3] The Tepehuas extend over a wide range of high settlements, between 240 and 820 metres (790 and 2,690 ft).[4][5]
The Tepehua territory covers a narrow area and other eastern slopes of Sierra Madre Oriental. There are essentially three Tepehua regions:[3][6]
The Tepehuas are made up of two distinct ethnolinguistic groups:[3]