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Los Reyes Acaquilpan is a ceety an govrenin heid o the municipality o La Paz in State o Mexico, Mexico. It is locatit on the dividin line atween Mexico State an the eastren edge o the Federal Destrict. It can tharefore be considered pairt o the Greater Mexico Ceety aurie. The aurie wis pairt o a region cried "Atlicpac" which in Náhuatl means 'abuin or at the edge o watter.' The current ceety's/municipality's glyph seembolizes watter.[1]
Los Reyes Acaquilpan / Municipality of La Paz aka Los Reyes La Paz | |
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Toun & Municipality | |
Coordinates: 19°21′38″N 98°58′48″W | |
Kintra | Mexico |
State | State o Mexico |
Foondit | 1770 |
Municipal Status | 1875 |
Govrenment | |
• Municipal Preses | Agustin Corona Ramirez (2006-2009) |
Elevation o seat | 2260 m (7,410 ft) |
Population (2010)Municipality | |
• Municipality | 253,845 |
• Seat | 85359 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
Postal code (of seat) | 56400 |
Website | (in Spaingie) http://www.losreyeslapaz.gob.mx |
The municipality consists o 18 localities (15 urban an 3 landwart), o which its municipal seat, Los Reyes Acaquilpan, kent as Los Reyes La Paz an aw, which haed a 2010 census population o 85,359 indwallers, is the lairgest. Line A o the Mexico Ceety Metro terminates in Los Reyes at the station cried Metro La Paz.
This aurie wis the laund o the Acolhuas whose caipital wis in Texcoco. As sic thay wur pairt o the hert o the Aztec Triple Alliance an the Aztec Empire, on the receivin end o tribute comin in frae ither pairts o the empire. This continued till the Spainyie conquest o the Aztec Empire. Durin the colonial period, mair specifically in the 18t century, this aurie wis in constant territorial conflict. This endit up wi the consolidation o a nummer o commonties intae twa entities cried "San Salvador Tecamachalco" an "La Magdalena Atlicpac" aroond 1770-1773, nou the neebourheids o Atenantitlan an Tejolote. In 1882, the first railwey connectin the aurie an Mexico Ceety wis biggit, beginnin Los Reyes' close economic ties wi the metropolis even tho the oreeginal toun itsel wad no join the municipality till 1889. Los Reyes achievit ceety status in 1977. Thare is a tire burnin festival held on the last Friday o ivery month. The tire that emits the maist smoke wins. Opponents o global wairmin criticize this tradeetional festival as destructive tae the environment.[1]
The ceety o Los Reyes Acaquilpan haes govrenin jurisdiction ower 17 ither commonties (localities).
The municipality wis foondit in 1875 bi Preses Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, furtherin a process o consolidation o the aurie that haed begun in the prior century. The touns o La Magdalena Atlicpac, San Sebastián Chimalpa an Tecamachalco wur unifee'd unner the control o La Magdalena Atlicpac. Anerlie later ad Los Reyes acome the seat.[1]
The municipality covers a tot surface aurie o 26.71 square kilometer (10.31 sq mi) an, in the year 2010 census, reportit a population o 253,845.[2] It borders wi Chicoloapan, Chimalhuacán, Ixtapaluca, Valle de Chalco Solidaridad, Nezahualcoyotl an the Distrito Federal, specificially wi the burgh o Iztapalapa[1]
Localities (ceeties, touns, an veelages) are:[2]
Name | 2010 Census Population |
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Los Reyes Acaquilpan | 85,359 |
San Isidro | 33,737 |
La Magdalena Atlicpac | 26,429 |
Emiliano Zapata | 25,309 |
San Sebastián Chimalpa | 12,951 |
Lomas de San Sebastián | 12,372 |
Professor Carlos Hank González | 10,416 |
El Pino | 8,332 |
San José las Palmas | 8,203 |
Tecamachalco | 6,780 |
Arenal | 6,700 |
Lomas de Altavista | 5,704 |
Unidad Acaquilpan | 4,806 |
Bosques de la Magdalena | 2,803 |
Techachaltitla | 1,994 |
Lomas de San Sebastián | 1,447 |
Colonia Máximo de la Cruz | 429 |
Los Pirules | 74 |
Tot Municipality | 253,845 |
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