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Tlaxcala

Tlaxcala
State
Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala
Flag of Tlaxcala
Flag
Official seal of Tlaxcala
Seal
Motto: Cuna de la Nación
(Cradle of the Nation)
Anthem: Himno a Tlaxcala
State of Tlaxcala within Mexico
State of Tlaxcala within Mexico
Coordinates: 19°26′N 98°10′W / 19.433°N 98.167°W / 19.433; -98.167Coordinates: 19°26′N 98°10′W / 19.433°N 98.167°W / 19.433; -98.167
Country Mexico
Capital Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
Largest City Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
Municipalities 60
Admission December 9, 1856
Order 22nd
Government
 • Governor Marco Mena PRI
 • Senators PRDLorena Cuéllar Cisneros
PT Party (Mexico).svg PTMartha Palafox Gutiérrez
PANAdriana Dávila Fernández
 • Deputies
Area
 • Total 4,016 km2 (1,551 sq mi)
Highest elevation 4,420 m (14,500 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 1,272,847
 • Rank 28th
 • Density 320/km2 (820/sq mi)
 • Density rank 3rd
Demonym(s) Tlaxcalteca
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC−5)
Postal code 90
Area code
ISO 3166 code MX-TLA
HDI Increase 0.723 High Ranked 22nd
GDP US$ 3.601 Billion
Website Official Web Site
^ a. The state's GDP was 46,094,141 thousand of pesos in 2008, amount corresponding to 3,601,104.7 thousand of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).
Apizaco
Apizaco

Huamantla
Huamantla

Num. City Municipality Pop. Num. City Municipality Pop.
Zacatelco
Zacatelco

Chiautempan
Chiautempan

1 Vicente Guerrero San Pablo del Monte Municipality 60 001 8 Papalotla Papalotla de Xicohténcatl Municipality 22 969
2 Huamantla Huamantla Municipality 51 996 9 Ocotlán Tlaxcala Municipality 22 248
3 Apizaco Apizaco Municipality 49 506 10 La Magdalena Tlaltelulco La Magdalena Tlaltelulco Municipality 16 834
4 Chiautempan Chiautempan Municipality 48 030 11 Teolocholco Teolocholco Municipality 16 240
5 Zacatelco Zacatelco Municipality 38 466 12 Tetla Tetla Municipality 15 161
6 Calpulalpan Calpulalpan Municipality 33 263 13 Tlaxco Tlaxco Municipality 14 806
7 Contla Contla Municipality 27 610 14 Tlaxcala Tlaxcala Municipality 14 692

Tlaxcala (Spanish About this sound [tla(k)sˈkala] ; /tlɑːsˈkɑːlə/; [tla(ɣ)sˈkala]; from Nahuatl: Tlaxcallān Nahuatl pronunciation: [tɬaʃˈkalːaːn]), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is one of the 31 states which along with the Federal District make up the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipalities and its capital city is Tlaxcala.

It is located in East-Central Mexico, in the altiplano region, with the eastern portion dominated by the Sierra Madre Oriental. It is bordered by the states of Puebla to the north, east and south, México to the west and Hidalgo to the northwest. It is the smallest state of the republic, accounting for only 0.2% of the country’s territory.


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