The municipal seat is Teapa city, and possess a division constituted by 18 ejidos, 15 ranches, 1 populated, 6 neighborhoods and 1 villa.

[clarification needed][2] Its territorial extension is 679.78 square kilometres (262.46 sq mi), which corresponds to 2.76% of the state total; this places the municipality 16th in territorial extension.

There is a border to the north with the municipalities of Centro and Jalapa; and in the south, east and west with the state of Chiapas.

The weather is warm and humid with rain all year round; it has an annual average temperature of 27.8 °C (82.0 °F).

Tren Interoceánico operates a station for its Line FA in Teapa,[3] which opened on 13 September 2024.