Zacualpan de Amilpas
Zacualpan
Tzakualpan de Amilpas Zacualpan de Amilpas | |
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Town and Municipality | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Morelos |
| Municipality | 1849 |
| Government | |
| • President | Adrián Cázares González |
| Area | |
• Total | 64 km2 (25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,636 m (5,367 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 9,370 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Zone) |
| Area code | 731 |
| Website | Official site (in Spanish) |
Zacualpan de Amilpas is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos. The town serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. To the north is the municipality of Tetela del Volcán, to the south is the municipality of Temoac, to the east is the State of Puebla, and to the west are the municipalities of Ocuituco and Yecapixtla.
The municipality reported 9,370 inhabitants in the year 2015 census.
The toponym Zacualpan comes from a Nahuatl name: tzacual-li (covered thing) and pan (on top of); thus, "atop that which is covered". Amilpas refers to the 25 human settlements controlled by Moctezuma Ilhuicamina from his palace in Huaxtepec (Oaxtepec). The term continued to be used during the colonial era.