Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality

Chalchicomula de Sesma
Municipality
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 (Zona Centro)

Chalchicomula de Sesma is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla. ^[1]

The seat is Ciudad Serdán.

Etymology

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]

References

1. "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on April 5, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
2. de Molina, Alonso (1555). Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana (in Spanish). p. 161.

18°59′00″N97°27′00″W / 18.9833°N 97.4500°W / 18.9833; -97.4500