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Apaxco Municipality

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Also known as Apaxco

Apaxco (Otomi: ) is a municipality located in the Zumpango Region of Mexico. The municipal territory is located at a southern pass leading out of the Mezquital Valley about northeast of the state capital of Toluca. The name Apaxco comes from Nahuatl (meaning "place of the waterfall").

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Apaxco is a municipality in Mexico's Zumpango Region, positioned at a southern pass leading out of the Mezquital Valley northeast of the state capital Toluca. The municipality's name derives from Nahuatl and means "place of the waterfall," reflecting the area's geographical and cultural heritage.

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Apaxco
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality and town
Settlement.mapsize
200px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the municipality in Mexico State
Settlement.image_map1
Mexico Estado de Mexico Apaxco location map.svg
Settlement.mapsize1
300px
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Mexico (state)
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
October 16, 1870
Settlement.area_total_km2
80.34
Settlement.population_total
27,521
Settlement.population_as_of
2010

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Apaxco
Country
Mexico
Located in
State of Mexico
Area
80.34
Elevation
2213
Time zone
UTC−06:00
Official website
www.apaxco.gob.mx
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Commons category
Apaxco Municipality
topic's main category
Category:Apaxco
inception
1870-10-16
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Apaxco (Otomi: ) is a municipality located in the Zumpango Region of Mexico. The municipal territory is located at a southern pass leading out of the Mezquital Valley about northeast of the state capital of Toluca. The name Apaxco comes from Nahuatl (meaning "place of the waterfall").

The municipality, founded on October 16, 1870, covers an area of . Apaxco de Ocampo is the municipal seat, and a border city with Vito and El Refugio (between the State of Mexico and the State of Hidalgo; inside of Cuenca cementera). It is an important area for the building industry, although it has ecological problems.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apaxco Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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