Malinalco
Sign in to saveMalinalco () is the municipality inside of Ixtapan Region, is a town and municipality located 65 kilometers south of the city of Toluca in the south of the western portion of the State of Mexico. Malinalco is southwest of Mexico City.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Malinalco
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town & Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mexico.Mex.Malinalco.Panorama.01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Panoramic shot of the town
- Settlement.image_map
- Mexico Estado de Mexico Malinalco location map.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- State of Mexico
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 12th century
- Settlement.established_title2
- Municipal Status
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1826
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal President
- Settlement.leader_name
- Gerardo Baldemar Chaqueco
- Settlement.total_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1740
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- Geography
- Biodiversity
- History
- Demography
- Populated places in Malinalco
- The town
- Economy
- Communication and transport
- Politics
- Culture
- Monuments
- Sports and entertainment
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Malinalco () is the municipality inside of Ixtapan Region, is a town and municipality located 65 kilometers south of the city of Toluca in the south of the western portion of the State of Mexico. Malinalco is southwest of Mexico City.
Malinalco has always been associated with magic or sorcery due to the legend that it was the home the goddess Malinalxochitl. The municipality is home to the famed village of Chalma, where according to legend, an image of a Black Christ miraculously appeared in a cave that was devoted to the god Oxtoteotl. It is the second-most visited shrine in Mexico, after the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.