Yecapixtla
Yecapixtla | |
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Town and Municipality | |
Facade of the San Juan Bautista Church | |
| Coordinates: 18°53′00″N 98°51′54″W / 18.88333°N 98.86500°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Morelos |
| Founded | 1520s (Spanish settlement) |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Francisco Erik Sánchez Zavala PAN |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 192.33 km2 (74.26 sq mi) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 1,500 m (4,900 ft) |
| Population (2005) Municipality | |
• Municipality | 39,859 |
| • Seat | 14,524 |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5:00 |
| Postal code (of seat) | 62820 |
| Area code | 731 |
| Website | www |
Yecapixtla (Nahuatl languages: Yecapixtlān Nahuatl pronunciation: [jekaˈpiʃt͡ɬaːn]) is a town and municipality located in the northeast of the state of Morelos in central Mexico. Yecapixtla means, Land of men and women with sharp noses. The town is home to one of the monastery complexes associated with the Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatépetl World Heritage Site. Yecapixtla is famously known for its tasty, high-quality beef, cecina (cured dry meat).
The population of the municipality is 52,651 according to the 2015 census. The town was hit hard by the September 19, 2017 Puebla earthquake, in which two people died and the church was damaged.