It has commissions related to governing, taxes, health, education, industry and commerce, public works, environment and agriculture.

[4] Traditional dress for women includes short sleeved blouses with embroidery around the neck (tlahmach cmaisahtli), a white poncho called a quezquémetl, also embroidered and a black skirt or wrap with stripes (ilpicatl), which is often accompanies by large numbers of necklaces, ribbons in the hair, blue huarache sandals, large earrings and sometimes with a wrap for carrying small children.

For men, it consists of pants and shirt of undyed cotton, a hat of palm fronds, huaraches and a black or brown wool overcoat.

[4] Traditional dishes in the municipality include “pinchón del campesino” mixote made with chicken, rabbit or beef, sopes, chalupas, tlacoyos and eggs with chili pepper.

[5] Federal Highway 119 passes through the municipality connecting the set with Ahuazotepec, Huauchinango, Juan Galindo, Xicotepec, Jalpan, Venustiano Carranza onto the cities of Poza Rica and Tlaxcala.

Agriculture and livestock are the dominant economic activities across all population centers within the municipality,[2] however the economy of the city Zacatlán is more diversified, and is noted for Relojes Centenario, the first clock factory located in Latin America.