Municipio Teotihuacan

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Teotihuacan
location
Basic data
Country Mexico
State México
Seat Teotihuacan de Arista
surface 83.4 km²
Residents 53,010 (2010)
density 635.4 inhabitants per km²
Website www.teotihuacan.gob.mx/
INEGI no. 15092
politics
Presidente municipal Lucio René Monterrubio López
"Street of the Dead" in the archaeological zone of Teotihuacán
"Street of the Dead" in the archaeological zone of Teotihuacán

Coordinates: 19 ° 41 ′ 24 ″  N , 98 ° 51 ′ 36 ″  W.

Teotihuacán is a municipality in the Mexican state of México . It belongs to the Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México , the metropolitan region around Mexico City . The seat of the municipality is the city of Teotihuacán de Arista . In the municipality there is the UNESCO World Heritage Site Teotihuacán , which gave the municipality and its capital its name. The municipality had 53,010 inhabitants in 2010, its area is 83.4 km² .

geography

Teotihuacán de Aristas main square

Teotihuacán is located in the northeast of the state of México, about 45 km northeast of Mexico City at an altitude of about 2300  m . More than 85% of the community area is used for agriculture.

The municipality of Teotihuacán borders on the municipalities of Temascalapa , San Martín de las Pirámides , Otumba , Tepetlaoxtoc and Acolman .

Places and population

The municipality of Teotihuacán comprises 30 places, three of which have more than 5000 and another ten have at least 500 inhabitants. The largest places in the municipality are Teotihuacán de Arista , San Lorenzo Tlalmimilolpan , San Sebastián Xolalpa , Atlatongo , San Francisco Mazapa , Santiago Zacualuca and Palomar Atlatongo .

In the 2010 census, 12,477 households were registered. 755 people over five years of age said they spoke an indigenous language , 10% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

Web links

Commons : Teotihuacán  - collection of images, videos and audio files