Ayapango Municipality
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Ayapango is one of 125 municipalities located in the southeast portion of the State of Mexico, southeast of Mexico City. Its municipal seat and largest town is Ayapango de Gabriel Ramos Millán. Despite the fact that this municipality is distinctly rural, it falls within the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. The town is known for its "French style" (Spanish afrancesado) houses built early in the last century which have names which reflect something of their characteristics. The name Ayapango is derived from "eyapanco" which roughly translates to "place where three irrigation ditches meet." This to
Key facts
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- Ayapango del Gabriel Ramos Millán
- Settlement.name
- Ayapango
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- Town & Municipality
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- Municipality
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- CasaAfrancesadaAyapangoMX2.JPG
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- 300px
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- Mexico
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- Location in Mexico
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- 300
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- Country
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- State
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- State of Mexico
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- Municipal President
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- Pedro Alfonso Sánchez Solares 2013–2015
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- Founded
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- 1563
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- Municipal Status
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- 1868
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History of the town and municipality
- The town
- The municipality
- References
Ayapango is one of 125 municipalities located in the southeast portion of the State of Mexico, southeast of Mexico City. Its municipal seat and largest town is Ayapango de Gabriel Ramos Millán. Despite the fact that this municipality is distinctly rural, it falls within the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. The town is known for its "French style" (Spanish afrancesado) houses built early in the last century which have names which reflect something of their characteristics. The name Ayapango is derived from "eyapanco" which roughly translates to "place where three irrigation ditches meet." This town has been designated as a "Pueblo con Encanto" (Town with Charm) by the government of the State of Mexico.
== History of the town and municipality == thumb|View of municipality from monastery ruins The Chichimecas and Teotenancas came into the Valley of Chalco, including what is now Ayapango, in the 12th and 13th centuries. They settled and eventually formed alliances with tribes that were already here. These alliances eventually coalesced into the kingdom of Itztlacozauhcan Amecamecan under a lord named Atonaltzin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ayapango Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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