Huapango is a traditional form of Mexican music that comes in three distinct variations. The most common forms are the classic huapango interpreted by a "trio huasteco", the huapango norteño interpreted by a conjunto norteño, and the huapango de mariachi.

Huapango is a corruption of the Nahuatl word huapanco that textually means on top of the wood platform according to the dictionary of the Real Academia Española ("huapantli", wood table; "pantli", row; and "co", place, on). Today huapango is a type of musical style that originated and is played throughout La Huasteca region in Mexico. That's north-eastern part of Mexico, comprising mountains, hill country and lowlands, centred on the drainage basin of the Pánuco River, inland from the city of Tampico. It includes parts of the states of Veracruz, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, and Hidalgo.