Calpan Municipality | |
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| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Puebla |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Calpan Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico. [1]
Calpan was a Nahuatl-speaking community prior to the Spanish incursion. During the era of New Spain it was Corregidor of Atrisco. [2]
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