Texistepec

Texistepec lies among the lowlands of southern Veracruz, west of the Coatzacoalcos River. Its Nahuatl name has been interpreted as the hill of snails. The surrounding country includes the site of San Lorenzo, an ancient Olmec centre whose great stone monuments long predate the Spanish arrival. Texistepec itself was among the settlements incorporated into the colonial province of Coatzacoalcos and was recorded there in 1580.