Actopan, the municipal seat, is a small city located near the capital of the state.

The municipality of Actopan is delimited to the east by the Golfo de Mexico, to the south by the Emiliano Zapata, to the west by the Naolinco, and to the north by Alto Lucero.

The weather in Actopan is warm and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

[1] It produces principally maize, beans chayote squash and the most important the mango production.

In Actopan , in October takes place the celebration in honor to San Francisco de Asís, Patron of the town, and in December takes place the celebration in honor to Virgen de Guadalupe also a Mexican celebration called El dia de los muertos which means Day Of the dead.