Tejupilco Municipality Explained

Tejupilco
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:State of Mexico
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Population As Of:2005
Population Total:62,547
Population Density Km2:auto
Area Total Km2:1,327.56
Elevation M:1,117
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:April 1829
Leader Title:Municipal president
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Tejupilco de Hidalgo
Subdivision Type3:Largest city
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5

Tejupilco is a municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico, located approximately southwest of the state capital Toluca, along Federal Highway 134. Its municipal seat is Tejupilco de Hidalgo.[1] The municipality has a total area of about 1327km2, with a contrasting topography ranging from deep ravines and canyons to high ridges; the highest elevation within the municipality reaches some 1117m (3,665feet) asl. The 2005 census recorded a population of 62,547 inhabitants.[2]

Tejupilco was the first municipalities founded in April 1829.[2]

Dating from before the Spanish Conquest, indigenous groups such as Otomi, Mazahua and Matlatzinca have lived in the area now contained by the modern municipality. A number of pre-Columbian archaeological sites within the municipal boundaries are known, but as yet little investigated. The name "Tejupilco" derives from Nahuatl and means "in the toes."[1]

Main economic activities are in the agricultural and local retail sectors. Agriculture is the most significant, with some under cultivation. Commerce and retail ranks as the second-most productive economic sector.[2]

A market held each Sunday is a main retail venue, where products and crafts typical of the region are sold.[1]

The typical gastronomy of the region includes a bread known as "niguas", which is made with natural fruit.[1]

Demography

As municipal seat, Tejupilco de Hidalgo has governing authority over the following communities:

The total municipal area is 1327.56km2, and it has a total population of 62,547 people. It borders Otzoloapan, Zacazonapan, Temascaltepec, San Simón de Guerrero, Amatepec, Sultepec, Texcaltitlán as well as with the states of Michoacán and Guerrero to the west.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tejupilco . 2008-01-28 .
  2. Web site: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . 2008-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070607215525/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/mexico/mpios/15082a.htm . June 7, 2007 .

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