Camarón de Tejeda

Camarón de Tejeda is a town in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name It is most famous for the 1863 Battle of Camarón at the town's Hacienda Camarón. In the 2005 INEGI Census, Camarón de Tejeda reported a population of 2,019, with 5,660 in the surrounding municipality. The area is essentially rural with a population density of 32 people/km². The town is named for the large number of shrimp (camarón in Spanish) found in a small river in the area. Camarón was an ancient Totonaca town called Temaxcal. At the town's hacienda, the Mexican Army triumphed over troops of the French Foreign Legion in the Battle of Camarón on 30 April 1863. After the battle, the words "de...