Pilcaya
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Pilcaya is a town and municipal seat of the municipality of Pilcaya in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located from Mexico City, from Cuernavaca, from Toluca, from Taxco and from Ixtapan de la Sal. The name "Pilcaya" is from the Nahuatl word pilcacyan, place of a hanging object.
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Pilcaya is a town and municipal seat of the municipality of Pilcaya in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located from Mexico City, from Cuernavaca, from Toluca, from Taxco and from Ixtapan de la Sal. The name "Pilcaya" is from the Nahuatl word pilcacyan, place of a hanging object.
==Town== Pilcaya is mainly an agricultural town with a population of 4,899. Its main agricultural activity is the cultivation of gladiola flowers which growers sell in nearby Tenancingo and Mexico City. There is also a recent surge in the building of greenhouses which mainly grow tomatoes for the domestic market.
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