Tlaxcala

Tlaxcala (Spaingie: [tɬa(k)sˈkala], Nahuatl: [tɬaʃˈkalːan]), offeecially Free an Sovereign State o Tlaxcala (Spaingie: Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is ane o the 31 states which alang wi the Federal Destrict comprise the 32 federative entities o Mexico. It is dividit intae 60 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Tlaxcala.

Tlaxcala
State
Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala
Banner Seal
Motto(s):  Cuna de la Nación (Cradle o the Naition)
Anthem: Himno a Tlaxcala
State o Tlaxcala athin Mexico
Coordinates: 19°25′44″N 98°09′39″W
Kintra	Mexico
Caipital	Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
Lairgest Ceety	Vicente Guerrero
Municipalities	60
Admission	December 9, 1856[1]
Order	22nt
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Mariano González Zarur
• Senators[2]	Alfonso Sánchez Minerva Hernández Rosalía Peredo
• Deputies[3]	Federal Deputies • María Elena López • Beatríz Paredes • Sergio González • Oralia López • Julián Velázquez
Area [4]
• Total	3991 km2 (1,541 sq mi)
	Rankit 31st
Highest elevation [5]	4420 m (14,500 ft)
Population  (2010)[6]
• Total	1,169,936
• Rank	28t
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
• Density rank	3rd
Demonym(s)	Tlaxcalteca
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code	90
Aurie code	Aurie codes 1 an 2 • 223 • 241 • 246 • 247 • 248 • 276 • 748 • 749
ISO 3166 code	MX-TLA
HDI	0.808 High Rankit 23rd
GDP	US$ 3,601,104.7 th[a]
Website	Official Web Site
^ a. The state's GDP wis 46,094,141 thoosan o pesos in 2008,[7] amunt correspondin tae 3,601,104.7 thoosan of dollars, being a dollar wirth 12.80 pesos (value o 3 Juin 2010).[8]

It is locatit in East-Central Mexico, in the altiplano region, wi the eastren portion dominatit bi the Sierra Madre Oriental.^[9] It is bordered bi the states o Puebla tae the north, east an sooth, México tae the wast an Hidalgo tae the northwast. It is the smawest state o the republic, accoontin for anerlie 0.2% o the kintra’s territory.^[9]

The state is namit efter its caipital, Tlaxcala, which wis the name o the pre-Hispanic ceety an cultur an aw. The Tlaxcalans alleed thairsels wi the Spaingie tae defeat the Aztecs, wi concessions frae the Spaingie that allouit the territory tae remain maistly intact throughoot 300 years o colonial period.^[10] Efter Mexican Unthirldom, Tlaxcala wis declared a federal territory, till 1857 when it wis admittit as a state o the federation.

Maist o the state’s economy is based on agricultur, licht industry an tourism. The tourist industry is ruitit in Tlaxcala’s lang history wi major attractions bein aircheological steids sic as Cacaxtla an colonial constructions in an aroond Tlaxcala ceety.^[11]