Yecuatla is a municipality located in the north zone in the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 40 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 135.72 km<sup>2</sup>. It is located at .
The name comes from the language Náhuatl, Yec-uauh-tlan; that means âÂÂPlace of three snakes ".
The municipality of Yecuatla is bordered to the north-east by Colipa, to the south by Chiconquiaco, to the west by Misantla and to the north-west by Colipa.
The climate in Yecuatla is warm-regular with an average temperature of 22.5ðC, with rains in summer and autumn.
It produces principally maize, bean, green chile, orange fruit and coffee.
Every Augusts, a festival is held to celebrate Virgen de la Asunción, patron of the town and in December there is a festival held in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe.