Vicente Guerrero, Tlaxcala

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Vicente Guerrero
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Vicente Guerrero
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°07′08″N98°10′12″W / 19.119°N 98.170°W / 19.119; -98.170 Coordinates: 19°07′08″N98°10′12″W / 19.119°N 98.170°W / 19.119; -98.170
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
State Flag of Tlaxcala.svg  Tlaxcala
Area
  Total12.66 km2 (4.89 sq mi)
Elevation
2,300 m (7,500 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

San Pablo del Monte (formerly Villa Vicente Guerrero) is the largest city in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, and is the municipal seat of the municipality of San Pablo del Monte. It is located at the southernmost point in the state, near the border with the adjoining state of Puebla. It is a suburb of the city of Puebla and a component of its metropolitan area. At the census of 2005 the population of the city was 55,760. [1] [2]

For many years the town was named after the revolutionary general Vicente Guerrero. The name was changed to the same name of the surrounding municipality effective December 20, 2016, by way of a decree published in the official gazette of the state government. [3]

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References

  1. Historia y sociedad en Tlaxcala: memorias del 4o. y 5o. 9688590495 1991 "Este último fue el candidato del PRI. SAN PABLO DEL MONTE, con cabecera municipal en Villa Vicente Guerrero Es uno de los municipios más importantes por la cuantía de los ingresos que percibe. "
  2. Michael Herman Crawford The Tlaxcaltecans: Prehistory, Demography, Morphology, and Genetics 1976 "in San Pablo del Monte (called Villa Vicente Guerrero) ..."
  3. "DECRETO No. 284" (PDF). Periódico Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.