(mostly sugar cane processing) and 48.8% in commerce and services. It is poor with 61.4% of the population under the poverty line and 12.1% living in extreme poverty. However, because of the availability of schools, medical care, running water, electricity, the area is considered to have only a medium level of socioeconomic marginalization. Main crops are sugar cane, bananas and corn. Livestock is split between cattle and pigs, followed by domestic fowl and sheep. History The name "Otatitlán" comes from Nahuatl and means “place of the otates (Mexican weeping bamboo), “given by traveling merchants when the Aztecs reached here. The pre Hispanic population was Popoluca, which changed to Mazateco during the colonial period. From the pre Hispanic into the colonial period, it was a trading post for the indigenous population. The town itself was founded by the Marquis of Guadalcazar, Diego Fernández de Córdoba, dedicated to the Apostle Andrew. The village gained municipality status in 1831, bordering Tlacojalpan, Tuxtepec, Tsochoacan and Las Lomas. Otatitlán was officially recognized as a town in 1958 and its coat of arms approved in 1985. References Populated places in Veracruz