Ozuluama

Ozuluama lies on the plains of the Huasteca, a region of old Huastec settlements near the Gulf coast. Its name is interpreted in Nahuatl as a jaguar or ocelot in a fig tree. After the Spanish conquest the town was granted in encomienda to Gregorio de Saldaña and later to his widow María de Campos. The Franciscan Andrés de Olmos visited the area around 1532, and a church and convent were established there.