Tepetlixpa | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mexico (state) |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal Seat |
Subdivision Name3: | Village of Tepetlixpa |
Area Total Km2: | 46.68 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 18,327 |
Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 19.0006°N -98.8178°W |
Tepetlixpa is a municipality in Mexico State in Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 46.68km2.
As of 2000, the municipality had a total population of 16,871.[1]
The municipality is home to Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, formerly known as San Miguel Nepantla, the hometown of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.[2]
At his request, the ashes of Argentine-Mexican poet Juan Gelman were scattered in Nepantla.[3]