Almoloya de Juárez
Almoloya de Juárez | |
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Town & Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 19°22′12″N 99°45′37″W / 19.37000°N 99.76028°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | State of Mexico |
| Municipal Status | 1825 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Adolfo Jonathan Solís Gómez (2015–2018) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 2,600 m (8,500 ft) |
| Population (2005) Municipality | |
• Municipality | 126,163 |
| • Seat | 3,202 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 50900 |
Almoloya de Juárez is a town in the State of Mexico and the seat of the municipality of Almoloya de Juárez. The name Almoloya comes from the Nahuatl, that is properly Almoloyan, composed of: atl, "water"; molo "impersonal voice of moloni, to flow the source" and yan, "place"; that it means "place where flows the water source".