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| Tlaxcala (IPA: [tlasˈkala])
is one of the 31
states of
Mexico,
located to the east of
Mexico City.
Tlaxcala is bordered to the west by
Mexico State, to the northwest by
Hidalgo, and to the north, east, and south by
Puebla. The state consists of 60 municipalities.
It covers an area of 1,037 square kilometers
(400.4 sq mi) and is thus the smallest of Mexico's
states. According to the 2005 census, Tlaxcala had a
population of 1,068,207 (51.56% female, 48.44% male).
The state capital is the city of
Tlaxcala, a small provincial center
that reported a population of 15,777 in
the
2005 census. The surrounding
municipality of Tlaxcala reported a
population of 83,748. The city was
founded in
1520 by
Hernán Cortés on the site of a
pre-existing
Native American settlement. Also in
the state of Tlaxcala are the cities of
Apizaco,
Calpulapán,
Chiautempán,
Huamantla, and the
pre-Columbian ruins of
Cacaxtla and
Xochitécatl. The state's main exports are
textiles,
chemicals, and
pharmaceuticals. (Information provided by
Wikipedia. Click on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlaxcala
for additional information.)
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Cities, Towns and Areas of Tlaxcala
Apizaco | Chiautempan
| Contla | Huamantla |
Ocotlán | San Francisco Tetlanohcan
San Isidro Buensuceso |
Terrenate | Tlaxcala |
Vicente Guerrero | Xaltocan
Apizaco
Apizaco is a city and its surrounding
municipality located near the
geographic center of the
Mexican
state of
Tlaxcala, approximately 25 minutes away from the state's
capital
city of Tlaxcala. The city gets its name from the
Nahuatl language words "ātl" (water), "pitzāhuac" (thin),
and the suffix "co" (place), forming "Āpitzāco", or roughly
"thin water place". Those seeking to reach the port of
Veracruz by railroad from
Mexico City must travel through Apizaco. The city began
because of its location on this railroad. Universities in
Apizaco include the Technological Institute of Apizaco (Instituto
Tecnológico de Apizaco), and most recently, the
University of the Valley of Tlaxcala (Universidad
del Valle de Tlaxcala) The city's climate is temperate and arid. Temperature in the
winter can fall below 0°C, and in the summer, it can reach in
excess of 30°C. The city is the second in importance after the capital city,
Tlaxcala. It is of major commercial and trade value to the
state because it is halfway on the road between
Mexico City and the port of
Veracruz. The census of 2005 reported a population of 49,459 in the
city of Apizaco, while the municipality had 73,097 inhabitants.
The city is the second largest in the state in population,
behind only
Villa Vicente Guerrero. The municipality has an area of
56.83 km² (21.94 sq mi) and includes a small number of other
communities, the largest of which are
Santa Anita Huiloac,
Santa María Texcalac, and
San Luis Apizaquito.
(Click on
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for additional information.)
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Chiautempan
Chiautempan (also: Santa Ana Chiautempan)
is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name
located in the south-central part of the Mexican state of
Tlaxcala. The city serves as the municipal seat of the
municipality, which covers an area of 66.21 km² (25.56 sq
mi). At the 2005 census it had a population of 46,776
inhabitants, the fourth-largest community in the state in
population (after Villa Vicente Guerrero, Apizaco, and
Huamantla). The city lies at the extreme western end of the
municipality, which had a census population of 63,300
inhabitants. (Click on
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for additional information.)
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Huamantla
Huamantla is the third-largest city in the state in
population (after
Villa Vicente Guerrero and
Apizaco), with a 2005 census population of 47,286. The
city is the municipal seat of the municipality of Huamantla,
which has an area of 354.34 km² (136.81 sq mi) and includes
numerous outlying communities, the largest of which are
Ignacio Zaragoza,
San José Xicohténcatl, and
Benito Juárez. Huamantla stands at a mean height of 2500 metres above sea level. It is
located in the eastern portion of the state, on the
northeastern flanks of the dormant
Matlalcueitl
volcano, 40 km northeast of the city of
Puebla, Puebla (as the crow flies over the mountain) or
30 km east of
Apizaco (along
Mexican Federal Highway 136).
Huamantla is a major centre for the raising of livestock
for
bullfighting. The city is also home to the National
Puppet Museum, and a major international
puppetry festival is held there every August. The
local annual
Easter celebrations are also among the most
colourful in the country, with traditional sawdust works
of art laid down across many of the town's streets prior
to the passage of the lively processions. Huamantla
was named a "Pueblo
Mágico" in 2007.
(Click on
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for additional information.)
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Ocotlán
Ocotlán (from the
Nahuatl ocotl ("pine tree"), meaning "place of
pines") is located in the centre of that state within the
conurbation of the
state capital,
Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl. The
Basilica of Ocotlán, dedicated to the
Virgin of Ocotlán, a 1541
Marian apparition, is a renowned site of Roman Catholic
pilgrimage. In the 2005 INEGI census, Ocotlán reported a population of
22,082, making it the largest settlement in the
municipality of
Tlaxcala: more populous even than the state capital, which
reported 15,777.
(Click on
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for additional information.)
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San Isidro Buensuceso
San Isidro Buensuceso is
a town on the southern slope of
La Malinche volcano. The town is named after
Saint Isidore the Laborer (Spanish:
San Isidro Labrador), whose
feast day is celebrated on
May
15 each year. The people of San Isidro Buensuceso are
indigenous
Nahuas; the
first language of children is
Nahuatl. It is the most remote Nahuatl-speaking town in
Tlaxcala. (Click on
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for additional information.)
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Terrenate
Terrenate (formally: San Nicolás
Terrenate) is situated in the highest part of the state, at
2,680 metres above sea level. "Terrenate" is a Nahuatl name
meaning "land the colour of masa" (maize dough). (Click on
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for additional information.)
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Tlaxcala
The city of Tlaxcala (in full,
Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl) is the capital and chief center of
population of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. The city is
located in the south-central portion of the state. At the
census of 2005 the city had a population of 15,777
inhabitants and was by far the smallest state capital in
Mexico. It is only the tenth-largest city in the state of
Tlaxcala. The city is the municipal seat of its surrounding
municipality of Tlaxcala, which had a population of 83,748.
The municipality has an area of 41.61 km² (16.066 sq mi) and
includes several other communities, the largest of which are
Ocotlán, Santa María Acuitlapilco, and San Gabriel Cuauhtla.
The city of Tlaxcala is not even the largest in its own
municipality, as Ocotlán, with a population of 22,082 is
larger than Tlaxcala. (Click on
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Vicente Guerrero
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. (Click on
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for additional information.)
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