Tlalnepantla

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Coordinates: 19 ° 32 ′  N , 99 ° 12 ′  W
Tlalnepantla
Mexico Estado de Mexico Tlalnepantla location map.svg
Location of Tlalnepantla in México
Basic data
Country Mexico
State México
Municipio Tlalnepantla de Baz
City foundation 1324
Residents 653,410  (2010)
- in the metropolitan area 683,808
City insignia
Escudo tlal..jpg
Detailed data
surface 83.7 km²
Population density 7806.6 inhabitants / km 2
height 2250  m
Post Code 54000-54198
prefix (+52) 55
Time zone UTC −6
City Presidency Aurora Denisse Ugalde Alegría
Website www.tlalnepantla.gob.mx
Corpus Christi Cathedral in Tlalnepantla
Corpus Christi Cathedral in Tlalnepantla

Tlalnepantla is a city in the southeast of the Mexican state of México . It is located at an altitude of 2250  m , directly on the northern border of the federal district of the capital Mexico City in the Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México .

The municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz , whose main town is Tlalnepantla, includes the town of Tepeolulco Puerto Escondido with 10,717 inhabitants and numerous other smaller settlements.

Tlalnepantla is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla .

history

Tlalnepantla was created after the Spanish conquest through the merger of the Chichimeken tribes and the Otomí tribes. Tlalnepantla received its town charter in 1848. The town name was repeatedly given additions: in 1861 the addition de Galeana was added in honor of the resistance fighter Hermenegildo Galeana , in 1874 de Comonfort in memory of General Ignacio Comonfort and in 1978 the Municipio finally de Baz in memory of the politician Gustavo Baz Prada . The modern, official name of the city is simply Tlalnepantla .

Tenayuca pyramid

Attractions

sons and daughters of the town

Town twinning

Tlalnepantla has partnerships with five cities:

city country since
Diez de Octubre CubaCuba Cuba 1996
La Serena ChileChile Chile 2002
Ma'anshan China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 2008
Ourense SpainSpain Spain, Galicia 2002
Wichita United StatesUnited States United States, Kansas 1973

Web links

Commons : Tlalnepantla de Baz Municipality  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. mexico.pueblosamerica.com , accessed June 1, 2017
  2. Municipio de Tlalnepantla - Comunidades , accessed on June 1, 2017
  3. Municipio de Tlalnepantla de Baz - Unidad de Asuntos internacionales y Ciudades Hermanas. Retrieved June 1, 2017 .