Ixtenco
Sign in to saveIxtenco is located in Ixtenco Municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. It is a traditional Otomi community, which has conserved its agricultural economic base and various traditions. However, it is one of the poorest and least populated of the state's municipalities. The town's main landmark is the San Juan Bautista Parish and the municipality contains the remains of colonial era haciendas. The municipality lies on an old lava flow from the nearby La Malinche Volcano, which provides its volcanic soil, but because of the destruction of forests and overgrazing, erosion is
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- San Juan Ixtenco
- Settlement.other_name
- Ixtenco
- Settlement.image_skyline
- PlazaSJBautistaIxtenco01.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Looking across plaza towards the San Juan parish
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tlaxcala
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ixtenco Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- President
- Settlement.leader_name
- Renato Sánchez Rojas
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1532
- Settlement.area_blank1_title
- Municipality
- Settlement.area_blank1_km2
- 43.532
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 6,791
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- The town
- Socioeconomics
- History
- Culture references
- References
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