Tlalixcoyan (pronounced Tlah-leeks-KOH-yan) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. In Tlalixcoyan the main indigenous language is the Chinantec.
Tlalixcoyan is bordered by: Alvarado, MedellÃÂn, and Cotaxtla and is on Mexican Federal Highways 180 and 190.
Lorenzo Barcelata, composer, was born in Tlalixcoyan, Veracruz, and he died in Mexico City from cholera.