Jilotepec
| Jilotepec (de Molina Enríquez ) or (de Abasolo) | |
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| Town & Municipality | |
 Jilotepec (de Molina Enríquez ) or (de Abasolo)
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| Coordinates: 19°57′07″N 99°31′58″W / 19.95194°N 99.53278°WCoordinates: 19°57′07″N 99°31′58″W / 19.95194°N 99.53278°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico
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| State | State of Mexico |
| Municipal Status | 1824 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Felipe Vega Becerril (2006-2009) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 2,452 m (8,045 ft) |
| Population (2005) Municipality | |
| • Municipality | 71,624 |
| • Seat | 10,513 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 54240 |
| Website | (in Spanish) http://www.jilotepec-edomex.gob.mx/ |
Jilotepec de Molina Enríquez and Jilotepec de Abasolo are a town and a municipality located northwest zone of the State of Mexico, in Mexico. However, both entities are interchangeably referred to as "Jilotepec". This name comes from Náhuatl, meaning "hill of corncobs". It is located in hilly and forested terrain an hour from Mexico City, Toluca, 40 minutes from San Juan del Río, 30 minutes from Tula and 20 from Tepeji. The Mexico City–Querétaro and the new Transoceanic Freeways converge within its territory that unite the coasts of Mexico from Veracruz to Michoacán.
The city had a population of 10,503 as of 2005.
The region was originally inhabited by Otomis but were conquered in 1379 by Acamapichtli the Aztec tlatoani (chief). After the Spanish Conquest, Jilotepec was recorded in ecclesiastical records as a village with a singe priest, administrated by the Franciscans with the Brothers Alonso de Rangel and Antonio de Ciudad Rodrigo being the first to evangelize the area. Sometime in the middle of the 16th century, silver was discovered in Zacatecas and Guanajuato, leading to the construction of the Camino Real a Zacatecas (Royal Road to Zacatecas) with passed through>
As municipal seat, Jilotepec de Molina Enríquez has governing authority over the following communities:6a. Mza. San Miguel de la Victoria Palo Alto, Agua Escondida, Aldama, Barrio Pobre, Bosque de Canalejas (Manzana Sexta Canalejas), Calpulalpan, Canalejas, Coscomate del Progreso, Danxhó, Dedeni Dolores, Denjhi, Dexcani Alto, Dexcani Bajo, Doxhicho, Ej. San Pablo Huantepec (7a. Mza. San Pablo), Ejido Acazuchitlán (Ejido San Juan Bautista), Ejido de Coscomate del Progreso, Ejido de Jilotepec, Ejido de San Lorenzo Octeyuco, Ejido las Manzanas, El Águila, El Barrete, El Durazno de Cuauhtémoc, El Durazno de Guerrero, El Fresno, El Huisache (Tercera Manzana de Dexcani Alto), El Magueyal, El Majuay, El Pathé, El Pedregal, El Quelite, El Quichi, El Rincón, El Rosal, El Saltillito, El Saltillo, El Xhitey, Emiliano Zapata, La Comunidad, La Dalia, La Fortaleza, La Manzanilla (3a. Manzana de Dexcani Bajo), La Maqueda (Ejido de San Lorenzo Nenamicoyan), Las Ánimas, Las Huertas, Las Manzanas, Las Pilas, Llano Grande, Magueycitos, Mataxhi, Octeyuco Dos Mil, Ojo de Agua, Potrero Nuevo, Rancho el Tejocote, Rancho la Herradura (Rancho los Gorriones), Rancho la Laguna, Rancho la Providencia (La Noria), Rancho San Francisco, Rancho Santa Ana el Sauz, San Ignacio (San Ignacio de Loyola), San José Ejido de San Lorenzo, San Juan Acazuchitlán (San Juanico), San Lorenzo Nenamicoyan, San Lorenzo Octeyuco, San Martín Tuchicuitlapilco, San Miguel de la Victoria, San Pablo Huantepec, San Vicente, Santa Martha de la Cruz, Santiago Oxthoc, Séptima Manzana de San Miguel de la Victoria, Tecolapan, Teupan, Xhimójay, and Xhixhata.
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