San Andrés Tuxtla is a city in southern Veracruz, Mexico.

It is located 14 km from Santiago Tuxtla along Federal Highway 180 in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas region. It stands at , at a mean height of 300 metres above sea level. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding San Andrés Tuxtla municipality, which covers a total surface area of 918.77 km².

San Andrés Tuxtla offers a number of attractions, natural and man-made, including:

• The Laguna Encantada (the "Enchanted Lagoon"), which is surrounded by spectacular tropical mountain landscapes.
• The beaches of De Montejo and La Esmeralda, on the Gulf coast.
• the spectacular Salto de Eyipantla waterfall (50 m wide), 12 km from the city of San Andrés Tuxtla.
• In neighbouring Catemaco is the Laguna de Catemaco (Catemaco Lagoon), where motorboats take visitors to visit "La Isla de los Changos" (an island in the lake inhabited by a thriving colony of spider monkeys) and the Nanciyaga ecological reserve.
• The Cathedral of St. Joseph and St. Andrew, in San Andrés Tuxtla
• The cigar factories of Santa Clara, El Aroma and Tabamex. (The area is a major tobacco-growing area.)

The inhabitants of San Andrés Tuxtla are especially fond of magic rituals and the area has been, for centuries, a centre for shamanism and witchcraft.

External links

• www.veracruzaventura.com.mx
• www.sanandrestuxtla.gob.mx
• Nanciyaga