Tecamachalco, Puebla

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Tecamachalco
Municipality
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Former convent of Tecamachalco, Puebla
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Tecamachalco within Puebla
Coordinates: 18°52′N97°43′W / 18.867°N 97.717°W / 18.867; -97.717
Country Mexico
State Puebla
SeatTecamachalco
Government
   Municipal president Inés Saturnino López Ponce
Area
  Total
218.15 km2 (84.23 sq mi)
Population
  Total
60,000
  Density280/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (Zona Centro)

Tecamachalco is a municipality located in the state of Puebla, in central Mexico. [1]

In prehispanic times, the language of Tecamachalco was Popoloca, though the elite likely spoke Nahuatl. [2]

References

  1. "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal . Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  2. Berdan, Frances; Blanton, Richard E.; Boone, Elizabeth Hill; Hodge, Mary G.; Smith, Michael Ernest; Umberger, Emily Good (1996). Aztec imperial strategies. Washington, D.C: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. p. 284. ISBN   9780884022114.