Tequixquiac
Tequixquiac | |
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Municipality | |
Church of Saint James Apostle in Tequixquiac | |
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| Coordinates: 19°54′34″N 99°08′41″W / 19.90944°N 99.14472°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | State of Mexico |
| Region | Zumpango Region |
| Municipal seat | Santiago Tequixquiac |
| Municipal Status | 1818 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Luis Raúl Meneses García |
| Elevation (of seat) | 2,200 m (7,200 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Municipality | 33,907 |
| • Seat | 20,610 |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 55650 |
| Website | (in Spanish) http://www.tequixquiac.gob.mx/ |
Tequixquiac is a municipality located in the Zumpango Region of the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality is located 84 kilometres (52 mi) north of Mexico City within the valley that connects the Valley of Mexico with the Mezquital Valley. The name comes from Nahuatl and means "place of tequesquite waters". The municipal seat is the town of Santiago Tequixquiac, although both the town and municipality are commonly referred to as simply "Tequixquiac".
The municipality is known as the "cradle of prehistoric art in the Americas" because of the sacrum bone and other artifacts found in the region.