Santiago Tequixquiac
| Santiago Tequixquiac | ||
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Town of Santiago Tequixquiac
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| Coordinates: 19°54′35″N 99°8′30″W / 19.90972°N 99.14167°W | ||
| Founded | 1168 | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 10.83 km2 (4.18 sq mi) | |
| Elevation (of seat) | 2,100 m (6,900 ft) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Seat | 22,676 | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | |
| Postal code (of seat) | 55650 | |
| Website | http://www.tequixquiac.gob.mx/ | |
Santiago Tequixquiac or Tequixquiac, is a town and municipal seat from municipality of Tequixquiac in the State of Mexico, in Mexico. As of 2010, the village had a total population of 22,676.
The town of Santiago Tequixquiac, a municipal seat and urban place most populated in the municipality. The town is divided in four barrios (neighborhood.) and one colonia ejidal (Agricultural colony).
The Gran Canal de Desagüe de Ciudad de México is an artificial channel that crossing by Santiago Tequixquiac and connect with natural rivers, at gun port channel (lumbrera La Cinco) is open without tunnel. Other small river is Río Salado de Hueypoxtla this same cross the urban place, is using for irrigation growing lands.
The municipal seat is on a small hill named El Vije (Mbixe), Taxdho hill and Gumisha hill (B'omitsa) to an elongated north valley, the old village was named by Otomi people as (Nthehe) and Aztec people named this site as Tequixquiac (Place on Tequesquite waters).
The area has been populated for at least the past 12,000 years b.C., according to archeological artifacts found in this area. Humans were most likely drawn here due to the location's abundance of streams and springs, they raised animals and kept up fruits and vegetables.
The foundation of the town itself dates to 1168 A.C. by the Chichimecas. Historical records show that the town was dominated by the Toltecs and the Tepanecas as well as the Aztecs. The Aztecs were the last to take control, this region was named Teotlalpan, after Chimalpopoca conquered the area in 1415. Tequixquiac remained in the Tepaneca district of the Aztec Empire under the authority of the lord of Tacuba, paying tribute to him at Hueypoxtla. The town kept its chiefs, now loyal to the Aztecs, one of the last of which was Acalmiztli, who supposedly was very respected among his subjects. The inhabitants of pre-Conquest Tequixquiac were known for their strict honor code and being advanced in medicine, education, architecture, and civil engineering.
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