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Tonatico Municipality

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Also known as Tonatico

Tonatico Municipality is one of the municipalities of the State of Mexico, in Mexico located 153 kilometers from Mexico City, 105 from Cuernavaca, 84 from Toluca, 68 from Taxco and 5 from Ixtapan de la Sal. Tonatico, of Náhuatl origin, is from the Náhuatl word tonatihco, place of the sun.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Tonatico
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
State of Mexico
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.leader_title
Municipal president
Settlement.leader_name
Luis Dante Lopez
Settlement.leader_party
PAN
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipal seat
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Tonatico
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Largest city
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Tonatico
Settlement.timezone
CST
Settlement.utc_offset
-6

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Mexico
Located in
State of Mexico
Capital
Tonatico
Population
12912
Area
91.724
Elevation
1618
Image
Palacio Municipal de Tonatico - panoramio.jpg
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Commons category
Tonatico Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Municipal seat
  • Geography
  • References

Tonatico Municipality is one of the municipalities of the State of Mexico, in Mexico located 153 kilometers from Mexico City, 105 from Cuernavaca, 84 from Toluca, 68 from Taxco and 5 from Ixtapan de la Sal. Tonatico, of Náhuatl origin, is from the Náhuatl word tonatihco, place of the sun.

==History== Prehistoric animal remains and cave paintings have been found in the area around the modern town.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tonatico Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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