Texcaltitlán
Town & Municipality in State of Mexico, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Texcaltitlán is a town and a municipality of the State of Mexico in Mexico. It is located 65 km from Toluca on the high plains south of the Nevado de Toluca volcano. The name Texcaltitlán comes from the Nahuatl: texcalli = “rock”; titla= "among", with the complete meaning as “among rocks”.[1]
Not to be confused with Texcatitlán.
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Texcaltitlán | |
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Town & Municipality | |
Coordinates: 18°55′47″N 99°56′14″W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | State of Mexico |
Founded | before 1776 |
Municipal Status | 1861 |
Government | |
• Municipal President | Javier Lujano Huerta |
Area | |
• Land | 142.45 km2 (55.00 sq mi) |
Elevation (of seat) | 2,400 m (7,900 ft) |
Population (2005) Municipality | |
• Municipality | 2,361 |
• Seat | 15,824 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
Postal code (of seat) | 51670 |
Website | texcaltitlan.gob.mx (in Spanish) |
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