Metepec
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This airticle is aboot the toun in the State o Mexico. For the municipality in the state o Hidalgo, see Metepec, Hidalgo.
Metepec is a ceety an municipality in the State o Mexico in Mexico an is locatit directly tae the east o the state caipital, Toluca, at a altitude o 2,635 metres abuin sea level. The centre o Mexico Ceety lees some 50 km further tae the east. The name Metepec comes frae Náhuatl meanin hill of the maguey plants. Housomeivver, it is kent in the Matlatzinca leid as "Nepinta-Tuhi" an an meanin 'fowk o corn land' an in the Otomi leid as "Ntaguada".[1]
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Metepec | |
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Toun & Municipality | |
Panoramic view o Metepec | |
Coordinates: 19°15′04″N 99°36′17″W | |
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State | State o Mexico |
Foondit | 1526 |
Municipal Status | 1848 |
Govrenment | |
• Municipal Preses | Carolina Monroy del Mazo |
Elevation o seat | 2620 m (8,600 ft) |
Population (2005)Municipality | |
• Municipality | 206,005 |
• Seat | 164182 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
Postal code (of seat) | 52140 |
Website | (in Spaingie) http:// www.metepec.gob.mx/ |
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