Totolapan
Totolapan | |
|---|---|
City and Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 18°59′13″N 98°55′11″W / 18.98694°N 98.91972°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Morelos |
| Founded | Between 1150 and 1350 |
| Municipal Status | May 17, 1930 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Sergio Omar Livera Chavarria |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 67,798 km2 (26,177 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,901 m (6,237 ft) |
| Population (2010) Municipality | |
• Municipality | 10,790 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Zona Centro) |
| Postal code | 62830 – 62835 |
| Area code | 735 |
| Website | totolapan.gob.mx (in Spanish) |
Totolapan is a municipality in the north of the Mexican state of Morelos, surrounded by the State of Mexico to the north; to the south with Tlayacapan and Atlatlahucan; to the east and southeast with Atlatlahucan; and to the west with Tlalnepantla.
The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. The municipality reported 11,992 inhabitants in the 2015 census.
The toponym Totolapan comes from a Nahuatl name and means "birds on water". The full name is Totolapan de Montes de Oca. Fernando Montes de Oca was a cadet who died at the Battle of Chapultepec during the Mexican–American War in 1847.