Tlalnepantla

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Tlalnepantla (disambiguation) .

Coordinates: 19 ° 32 ′  N , 99 ° 12 ′  W

Tlalnepantla
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
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

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

• Corpus Christi Cathedral , built 1554–1578
• Pyramid of Tenayuca , built 1064–1116
• Pyramid of Santa Cecilia Acatitlán , Aztec
• “Gardens of Remembrance” (cemetery) with the 33 m high Christ statue Cristo Rescucitado

sons and daughters of the town

• Gustavo Baz Prada (1894–1987), surgeon and obstetrician, twice governor of the state of Mexico
• Benito Archundia (* 1966), football referee
• Eder Sánchez (* 1986), athlete
• Pablo Barrera (* 1987), football player
• Braulio Caballero Figueroa (* 1998), musician

Town twinning

Tlalnepantla has partnerships with five cities:

city	country	since
Diez de Octubre	Cuba	1996
La Serena	Chile	2002
Ma'anshan	People's Republic of China	2008
Ourense	Spain, Galicia	2002
Wichita	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 .