Yecapixtla Municipality
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Yecapixtla ( ) is a town and municipality located in the northeast of the state of Morelos in central Mexico. Yecapixtla means, Land of men and women with sharp noses. The town is home to one of the monastery complexes associated with the Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatépetl World Heritage Site. Yecapixtla is famously known for its tasty, high-quality beef, cecina (cured dry meat).
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Yecapixtla
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and Municipality
- Settlement.total_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- FacadeSanJuanYeca.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Facade of the San Juan Bautista Church
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo Yecapixtla.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico Morelos#Mexico
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Morelos
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal President
- Settlement.leader_name
- Francisco Erik Sánchez ZavalaPAN
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1520s (Spanish settlement)
- Settlement.established_title2
- Municipal Status
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 192.33
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Mexico
- Official name
- Yecapixtla
- Demonym
- yecapixtlense
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Morelos
- Capital
- Yecapixtla
- Population
- 46809
- Area
- 192.33
- Elevation
- 1500
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Official website
- www.yecapixtla.gob.mx
- Image
- FacadeSanJuanYeca.JPG
- Dialing code
- 731
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- native label
- Yecapixtla
- time of earliest written record
- 1325-00-00
- postal code
- 62820
- Commons category
- Yecapixtla Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Town
- Monastery and church of San Juan Bautista
- History
- Pre-hispanic era
- Conquest and colonial period
- Independence and 19th century
- Revolution and 20th century
- 21st century
- Municipality
- Communities
- Historical people
- Politics
- Municipal Presidents since 1946
- References
Yecapixtla ( ) is a town and municipality located in the northeast of the state of Morelos in central Mexico. Yecapixtla means, Land of men and women with sharp noses. The town is home to one of the monastery complexes associated with the Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatépetl World Heritage Site. Yecapixtla is famously known for its tasty, high-quality beef, cecina (cured dry meat).
The population of the municipality is 52,651 according to the 2015 census. The town was hit hard by the September 19, 2017 Puebla earthquake, in which two people died and the church was damaged.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yecapixtla Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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