Temoaya Municipality
Temoaya is a municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the town of Temoaya which is the sixth largest town in the municipality. It is located from Toluca and from Mexico City. It is known for its large ethnic Otomi population, the Centro Ceremonial Otomí and its tradition of making Persian style rugs using Mexican designs.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Temoaya
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.total_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- TemoayaPlaza2.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main plaza of Temoaya
- Settlement.shield_size
- ""
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- State of Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipal Seat
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Temoaya
Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- The town
- Culture
- Centro Ceremonial Otomí
- Rug making
- The municipality
- Geography and climate
- Economy
- Demographics
- Important sites outside the seat
- References
- External links
Temoaya is a municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico. Its municipal seat is the town of Temoaya which is the sixth largest town in the municipality. It is located from Toluca and from Mexico City. It is known for its large ethnic Otomi population, the Centro Ceremonial Otomí and its tradition of making Persian style rugs using Mexican designs.
The name “Temoaya” comes from the Nahuatl phrase “Temoayan” which means “place of descending.” The Aztec glyph which depicts the municipality shows footprints descending a mountain. In local Otomi, the town is called "Nthekunthe" (meeting place between brothers), however more originally the settlement was named "Ndongu" ("house of the rock" or "casa grande", a large public structure).