Tequixquiac Municipality

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Tequixquiac Municipality

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Also known as Tequixquiac

Tequixquiac is a municipality located in the Zumpango Region of the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality is located north of Mexico City within the valley that connects the Valley of Mexico with the Mezquital Valley. The name comes from Nahuatl and means "place of tequesquite waters". The municipal seat is the town of Santiago Tequixquiac, although both the town and municipality are commonly referred to as simply "Tequixquiac".

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Tequixquiac is a municipality in the State of Mexico located north of Mexico City in a valley connecting two major geographic regions. The area takes its Nahuatl name from "tequesquite waters," and its municipal seat is the town of Santiago Tequixquiac, which shares the municipality's commonly used name.

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Settlement.name: Tequixquiac
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.total_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Feria del Señor de la Capilla 2026 24.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Saint James Apostle in Tequixquiac
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Tequixquiac.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Aztec Glyph of Tequixquiac.svg
Settlement.seal_size: 80px
Settlement.image_map: Mexico Estado de Mexico Tequixquiac location map.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 300px
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300px
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: State of Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Zumpango Region
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipal seat

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Instance of: municipality of Mexico
Country: Mexico
Located in: State of Mexico
Capital: Santiago Tequixquiac
Area: 80.34
Elevation: 2100
Official website: www.tequixquiac.gob.mx

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Commons category: Tequixquiac Municipality
topic's main category: Category:Tequixquiac
Commons gallery: Tequixquiac
postal code: 55650

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Tequixquiac is a municipality located in the Zumpango Region of the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality is located north of Mexico City within the valley that connects the Valley of Mexico with the Mezquital Valley. The name comes from Nahuatl and means "place of tequesquite waters". The municipal seat is the town of Santiago Tequixquiac, although both the town and municipality are commonly referred to as simply "Tequixquiac".

The municipality is known as the "cradle of prehistoric art in the Americas" because of the sacrum bone and other artifacts found in the region.

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