Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of the municipality in Puebla | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Puebla |
| Area | |
| • Total | 364.85 km2 (140.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 43,882 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico. [1]
The seat is Ciudad Serdán.
The name of the municipality is of Nahuatl origin and comes from the words chalchihuitl, meaning "turquoise," and xomulli, loosely translated as "hollow" or "nook". [2]
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