Tepetapan is a suburb of Catemaco City, located on the west side of the federal highway crossing Catemaco.
Its primary fame is the presence of a slaughterhouse and vicinity to the sewage plant of Catemaco.
The polluted Rìo Grande de Catemaco borders the community, which also features access to the Catemaco cemetary.
There are indications that Popoluca Indians settled in its area in the 1500's, but they have since disappeared. The area was not developed until the 1950's when an attractive waterfall was converted into a dam for a hydroelectric powerplant further down the river, and its lands were subdivided
At present Tepetapan houses a kindergarden, an elementary school, the only condominium in Catemaco, dozens of Mexican standard homes, several tiny housing projects, a few river front villas, and a secluded gringo haven of several rental units and a trailer park.
The colonia (suburb, city segment) is not seen favorably in Catemaco, because of its high incidence of minor crimes.
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