San Salvador Huixcolotla
Municipality and town in Puebla, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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San Salvador Huixcolotla is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in southeastern Mexico that may be best known as the birthplace of papel picado.[6][7] San Salvador is of Spanish origin and translates to "Holy Savior" and Huixcolotla is Nahuatl for "place of the curved spines".[8]
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San Salvador Huixcolotla | |
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Municipality[1] and town | |
Coordinates: 18°54′53″N 97°46′25″W[2] | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Puebla |
Government | |
• Presidente | C. Silvano Teodoro Mauricio (2018-2021)[3] () |
Area | |
• Total | 23.909 km2 (9.231 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,040 m (6,690 ft) |
Population (2010)[5] | |
• Total | 12,148 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Website | www |
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