- Tepotzotlán
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name = Tepotzotlán
settlement_type = Municipality
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Mexico
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =State of Mexico
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leader_title = Municipal president
leader_name = Marcos Márquez Mecado (2006-2009)
leader_party = APM
subdivision_type2 = Municipal seat
subdivision_name2 = Tepotzotlán
subdivision_type3 = Largest city
subdivision_name3 = Tepotzotlán
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footnotes=Tepotzotlán is a city and a Municipality in
Mexico State inMexico . It is located 115km northeast ofMexico City . Its name comes fromNáhuatl and means among hunchbacks. Its shield includes the image of a person with a hunched back. cite web |url= http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/mexico/mpios/15095a.htm |title= Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico Estado de Mexico Tepotzotlán |accessdate=2008-03-25 ]The city
The city is located in the Valley of Anahuac, whose caves show evidence of human inhabitation since about 2,500 B.C. The area was under the control and influence of the
Teotihuacán culture when the city was at its height. After its fall, the area was control of aChichimeca chief named Chicontonatiuh, whose government was based in Quetzaltepec by637 , and remained under Chichimeca control until the Spanish conquest, avoiding absorption into theAztec Empire when Ayactlacatzin negotiated withMoctezuma Xocoyotzin to keep it independent in1408 . After the Spanish Conquest, the area came under the governorship of Juan de Ortega in1546 with the governing entity atCuautitlán . The area was evangelized by Brothers Alonso de Guadalupe and Alonso de Herrera who had a hermitage constructed in1525 ; nowadays, it is the Temple of Saint Peter the Apostle. The town became a ecclesiastical center for the indigenous around1547 . In1585 , the college fornovitiate s of San Pedro y San Pablo was moved here. The Jesuits initiated a number of archtectural works here including a college (now the Museo Nacional del Virreinato (National Museum of the Viceroyalty)), the aqueducts of Xalpa also known as the Arcos del Sitio, and the Temple of San Francisco Javier, which was initiated by Diego de Sierra in1670 .The city had a population of 39,374 as of
2005 and is 2300 meters above sea level.cite web |url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/default.asp?s=est&c=10395 |title=Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER) |accessdate=2008-03-24 ]Tepotzotlán has been named one of the Pueblos Mágicos of Mexico. Because of this, much effort is being put into rescuing and restoring much of the buildings of the town's past. cite web |url= http://www.tepotzotlan.com/ |title= Proyecto Pueblo Magico |accessdate= 2008-03-25 ]
Museo Nacional del Virreinato (National Museim of the Viceroyalty) was originally a
Jesuit college and houses art and other items from the colonial period. The building itself was constructed from1610 to1740 . It is divided into three sections: the first dedicated to the evangelization of Mexico, the second to saints such as San Francisco Javier, the patron saint of the Jesuit church and the third to a collection of retablos. It is located at Plaza Hidalgo No. 99. cite web |url="http://www.tepotzotlan.gob.mx/ |title= Museo Nacional del Virreinato |accessdate= 2008-03-25 ]The municipality
As municipal seat, the city of Tepotzotlán has governing jurisdiction over the following communities: Cañada de Cisneros, Colonia los Dolores (Ex-hacienda los Dolores), San Mateo Xoloc, San Miguel Cañadas, Santa Cruz, Santiago Cuautlalpan, Las Cabañas, Barrio de Texcacoa, Arcos del Sitio, La Concepción, El Jagüey, Lanzarote, La Pedrera (La Mina), Ex-hacienda San José la Teja, Peña Colorada, Casas Hogar Fidel Velázquez, Lumbrera Número Diez, La Luz, La Pedrera, Ejido Santiago, Santiago el Alto, Fraccionamiento Club Virreyes, Ampliación los Potros (Tres Piedras), Colonia Guadalupe, Barrio de la Luz, Rancho el Arroyo, El Puerto de los Huizaches, Las Lechuguillas, Barranca de la Pila, La Estancia II, Rancho la Joya and El Gavillero. The total municipal population was 67,724 as of 2005.
The municipality, founded in
1814 , is bordered by the muncipalities ofHuehuetoca ,Coyotepec ,Cuautitlán Izcalli ,Nicolás Romero ,Coyotepec ,Teoloyucan andVilla del Carbón as well as the State ofHidalgo with a total area of 208.83 km².Arcos del Sitio is an aqueduct built by the Jesuits in
1760 that runs about 15 km from Villa del Carbon towards the city of Tepotzotlán. It was abandoned after Carlos III of Spain expelled the Jesuits from Mexico. cite web |url="http://www.tepotzotlan.gob.mx/ |title= Arcos del Sitio |accessdate= 2008-03-25 ]References
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