Hueypoxtla (municipality)
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Mexico State | |
| Municipal seat | Hueypoxtla | |
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| • Total | 39,864[1] | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | |
Hueypoxtla is the municipality located in Zumpango Region, the northeastern part of the state of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality is located at a northern pass leading out of the Valley of Mexico and Mezquital Valley to—kilometers north of Mexico City and about km northeast of the state capital of Toluca. The name comes from Nahuatl and means "place of great merchants".
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Geography
It is located between the parallels 99° 27’ 51” and 99° 37’ 32” west longitude, and 18° 41’ 35” and 18° 55’ 22” north latitude. Hueypoxtla borders Zumpango. It covers a total surface area of 201.54 km² at an altitude of 6,634 ft. In the year 2005 census by INEGI, it reported a population of 39,864.[2]
The town of Hueypoxtla, a municipal seat, has governing jurisdiction over the following communities: Santa María Ajolopan, San Francisco Zacacalco, Tinguistongo, Guadalupe Nopala, Emiliano Zapata and Casa Blanca.[3] The total municipality extends 96.37 and borders with the municipalities of Apaxco, Tequixquiac, Zumpango and the state of Hidalgo.
Other Río Salado of Hueypoxtla river connect with Gran Canal.[4]
The municipal seat is in a small, elongated valley but most of the municipality is a transitions from the Valley of Mexico to the Mezquital Valley.[5] The highest mountain the Picacho in the Sierra de Tezontlalpa, it rises 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) above sea level,[6] on the border between the municipalities of Hueypoxtla and Apaxco.
Flora & fauna
Hueypoxtla municipality is a rural territory of Central Mexican Plateau, here there is a diversity in plants and animals of template climate (Mexico Valley) and semi-desertic climate (Mezquital Valley).[7] Insde this municipality, formerly it was populated by large mammals such as glyptodonts, mammoths, horses, bisons, during the prehistoric, at the stage of the population of the Americas.[8]
The native plants are maguey (agave americana), cardón or cholla (cylindropuntia imbricata), nopal or pickly pear (opuntia ficus-indica), viznaga or golden barrel (echinocactus), órgano or fencepost cactus (pachycereus marginatus), garambullo or billberry cactus (myrtillocactus geometrizans), palo dulce (eysenhardtia polystachya), mesquite (prosopis juliflora), ahuehuete (taxodium mucronatum), encino or netleaf oak (quercus rugosa), tepozán (buddleja cordata), huizache (vachellia farnesiana), cedro or white cedar (cupressus lusitanica), sause or willow (salix), xaixne or creosote bush (larrea tridentata), dingandán or pepicha (porophyllum linaria), depe or creeping false holly (Jaltomata procumbens), tule (schoenoplectus acutus), carrizo (phragmites communis), and fruit trees as tejocote (crataegus mexicana), capulin (prunus serotina), white sapote (casimiroa edulis).
The native animals are cacomistle, skunk, gopher, Virginia opossum, rabbit, Mexican gray squirrel, turkey, colibri, turkey vulture, northern mockingbird, rattlesnake, pine snake, xincoyote, red warbler, rufous-crowned sparrow, lesser roadrunner, great horned owl, axolotl, frog, toad, red ant, bee, others.
Politics
| Mayor | Time |
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| Francisco Santillán Santillán | 2012–2015 |
| Adrián Reyes Oropeza | 2016– |
Economy
The economy is principally farming, cattle raising and small businesses, concentrating on the production of corn, beans and fruit. Tourists are attracted by its climate and some notable churches, as well as some ecotourism attractions. It has an unexplored archeological zone.
Demography
Populated places in Hueypoxtla
- Hueypoxtla (Municipal Seat)
- San José Bata (Emiliano Zapata)
- Guadalupe Nopala
- San Marcos Jilotzingo
- Santa María Ajoloapan
- San Francisco Zacacalco
- Tianguistongo
- El Carmín
- San Pedro la Gloria
- Tezontlalpa de Zapata
Culture
Monuments
Saint Bartholomew Parish is a monument in Hueypoxtla town.
Food and drinks
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Ximbó
References
- ↑ Hueypoxtla municipality SEDESOL, Catálogo de localidades.
- ↑ Hueypoxtla municipality SEDESOL, Catálogo de localidades.
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- ↑ Tequixquiac municipality INEGI, 2009.
- ↑ DATOS GENERALES
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Rodríguez Peláez, Maria Elena, Monografía municipal de Tequixquiac, Denominación y toponinimia, Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, Toluca de Lerdo, 1999. p.p. 44.
- ↑ La vanguardiaMay 4, 2016
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