Municipio Tultepec

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Tultepec
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State México
Seat Tultepec
surface 26.9 km²
Residents 91,808 (2010)
density 3,418.5 inhabitants per km²
Website tultepec.gob.mx
INEGI no. 15108
politics
Presidente municipal Ramón Sergio Luna Cortés
Feria Nacional de la Pirotecnia in Tultepec
Feria Nacional de la Pirotecnia in Tultepec

Coordinates: 19 ° 41 ′ 6 ″  N , 99 ° 7 ′ 12 ″  W.

Tultepec 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 community had 91,808 inhabitants in 2010, its area is 26.9 km² .

etymology

The name Tultepec is of Aztec origin and means "on the hill of Tule".

geography

Tultepec is located in the northeast of the state of México, about 10 km north of the border of the federal district of Mexico City at about 2250  m . More than 80% of the community area is used for arable farming, a good 17% is urbanized.

The municipality of Tultepec borders on the municipalities of Melchor Ocampo , Nextlalpan , Tonanitla , Tultitlán , Coacalco de Berriozábal and Cuautitlán .

Mammoths

The first rumors of megafauna remains in Tultepec began in the 1960s, but the authorities did not get any closer knowledge of the finds. The finds made during this time must be considered lost. In 2015, the remains of a mammoth known as the Mamut de Tultepec were found in the district of San Antonio Xahuento . In November 2019, it was announced that a ten-month dig had found 824 bones of at least fourteen different individuals, who, according to senior archaeologist Luis Córdoba Barradas, perished in man-made pits.

Places and population

The municipality of Tultepec comprises ten localities with a total of 22,551 households. Three places have at least 5000 inhabitants:

Place name Population (2010)
Tultepec 64,888
Santiago Teyahualco 17,594
Fraccionamiento Paseos de Tultepec II 07.176
San Antonio Xahuento 00.740
Ejido San Pablito 00.609
Paraje Trigo Tenco 00.546
Barrio de San Martín 00.244
Rancho San Joaquin 00.007th
Maite 00.003
Rancho el Cuquío 00.001

In the 2010 census, 1,121 speakers of an indigenous language were counted. 9% of the population was living in extreme poverty at the time.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://elmamutdetultepec.com/presentacion.html
  2. ↑ https://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/8647-descubren-en-tultepec-estado-de-mexico-contexto-inedito-de-caceria-y-destazamiento-de-mamuts