Astacinga is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located about 213 km from state capital Xalapa to the south. It has a surface of 69.09 km2. It is located at 18.5667°N -103°W.
The municipality of Astacinga is delimited to the north by Tlaquilpa, to the north-east by Mixtla de Altamirano, to the south-east by Tehuipango and to the west by Puebla, [1]
In Astacinga the ecosystems that coexist in the municipality are the one of cold forest with species like the pine.