Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality explained

Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Puebla
Area Total Km2:364.85
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:43882
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Central Standard Time
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:Central Daylight Time
Utc Offset Dst:-5

Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico.[1]

The seat is Ciudad Serdán.

Etymology

The name of the municipality is of Nahuatl origin and comes from the words chalchihuitl, meaning "turquoise," and xomulli, loosely translated as "hollow" or "nook".[2]

References

18.9833°N -97.45°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: - . Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . . January 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070405081753/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/puebla/ . April 5, 2007 .
  2. Book: de Molina, Alonso. Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana. 1555. 161. es.