Atlacomulco

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Atlacomulco

Atlacomulco de Fabela
Ceety & Municipality
Atlacomulco is located in Mexico
Atlacomulco
Atlacomulco
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°47′51″N 99°52′28″W / 19.79750°N 99.87444°W / 19.79750; -99.87444
Kintra Mexico
StateState o Mexico
Foondit1530s
Municipal Status1824
Govrenment
 • Municipal PresesC. Fidel Almaza Monroy
Area
 • Municipality258.74 km2 (99.90 sq mi)
Elevation
of seat
2570 m (8,430 ft)
Population
 (2005)Municipality
 • Municipality77,831
 • Seat
20447
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Postal code (of seat)
50450
Area code(s)712
Website(in Spaingie) /Offeecial steid

Atlacomulco is a ceety an municipality locate in the northwast o the State o Mexico in central Mexico, 63 km frae the state caipital o Toluca. The name is derivit frae the Nahuatl phrase "atlacomulli" that means "whaur thare is walls." The ceety, wi a population o 20,477 is surroondit bi landwart aurie in which 75% o the rest o the municipality bides. The municipality haes a sizable percentage o indigenous leid speakers, maistly Mazahua.[1] The Mazahua name for the aurie is Embaró, which means "colored rock."[2] Agricultur is still the main economic activity, but the development o a nummer o industrial pairks, like Atlacomulco 2000, that alloued the seat tae reak ceety statues bi 1987.[1] Atlacomulco is the oreegin o a poleetical group cried "Grupo Atlacomulco" made up o pouerful poleetical figurs, wha dinna affirm that it exists.[3]

Famous fowk frae the toun[eedit | eedit soorce]

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References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México Estado de Mexico Nezahualcóyotl" (in Spanish). Mexico: INAFED. Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 26 Januar 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  2. "Atlacomulco" (in Spanish). Mexico: State of Mexico. Archived frae the original on 22 Mey 2013. Retrieved 26 Januar 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  3. Valenzuela, Angélica (29 Juin 2000). "De impulsores de la cultura a líderes políticos". El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. Archived frae the original on 15 Juin 2011. Retrieved 26 Januar 2010. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

Further readin[eedit | eedit soorce]

  • Ayuntamiento de Atlacomulco (1997). Plan de desarrollo municipal de Atlacomulco 1997-2000 (in Spanish), Atlacomulco México: Ayuntamiento de Atlacomulco.
  • Marisol del Socorro Arias Flores (1998). Monografía municipal de Atlacomulco (in Spanish). Toluca México: Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura.