Xaloztoc Municipality

Xaloztoc is a town and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. It is one of 60 municipalities in the state. The INEGI reference number for the municipality is 29039.

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Settlement.name: Xaloztoc
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Saints Cosmas and Damian Church, San Cosme Xaloztoc, Tlaxcala, Mexico01.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Xaloztoc
Settlement.image_shield: GLIFO_XALOZTOC_TLAXCALA.JPG
Settlement.image_map: MunicipiosdeTlaxcalaXaloztoc.JPG
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mexico Tlaxcala#Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: above
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Capital
Settlement.established_title

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Xaloztoc is a town and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. It is one of 60 municipalities in the state. The INEGI reference number for the municipality is 29039.

The name derives from the Nahuatl xal ("sand"), azto ("cave") and the locative suffix c.