Tlalnepantla de Baz
Tlalnepantla de Baz | |
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Municipality | |
Clockwise, from top: Municipal palace, Jardines del Recuerdo cemetery, Santa Cecilia Acatitlan, Corpus Christi Cathedral, FES Iztacala, Mundo E | |
| Nickname: Tlalne or Tlane | |
| Motto(s): Culture, Work and Progress | |
Location of Tlalnepantla in the State of Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 19°32′12″N 99°11′41″W / 19.53667°N 99.19472°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | State of Mexico |
| Region | Tlalnepantla |
| Metro area | Greater Mexico City |
| Municipal Seat | Tlalnepantla |
| Government | |
| • Type | Ayuntamiento |
| • Municipal President | Raciel Pérez Cruz |
| Area | |
• Total | 83.48 km2 (32.23 sq mi) |
| • Land | 77.17 km2 (29 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.10 km2 (3.28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,250 m (7,380 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 672,202 |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 54000 |
| Area code | 55 |
| Demonym | Tlalnepantlense |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
Tlalnepantla de Baz (Otomi: Ndemhāi) is one of 125 municipalities of the state of Mexico, north of Mexico City. The municipal seat and largest city in the municipality is the city of Tlalnepantla. Tlalnepantla comes from the Náhuatl words tlalli (land) and nepantla (middle) to mean the middle land. The city was known in prior times as Tlalnepantla de Galeana and Tlalnepantla de Comonfort, to honor Hermenegildo Galeana and Ignacio Comonfort, respectively. The current addition of Baz comes from the last name of Gustavo Baz Prada, an important politician and soldier of Emiliano Zapata's army during the Mexican Revolution. After the Revolution, Baz Prada became Governor of the State of Mexico and President of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). It is located in the northeastern part of the state of Mexico, in the Valley of Mexico north of Mexico City proper. Tlalnepantla de Baz has an exclave to the west, divided by Gustavo A. Madero. Together with Atizapán, it comprises the dense Region XII of Mexico State.