Tultitlan
| Tultitlán | |
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| Town & Municipality | |
 Location of Tultitlán in the State of Mexico |
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| Coordinates: 19°38′42″N 99°10′10″W / 19.64500°N 99.16944°WCoordinates: 19°38′42″N 99°10′10″W / 19.64500°N 99.16944°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico
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| State |
.svg){kind=small} State of Mexico
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| Municipality |
Tultitlán |
| Region | Tultitlán |
| Metro area | Greater Mexico City |
| Municipal Status | July 12, 1820 |
| Municipal Seat | Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo |
| Government | |
| • Type | Ayuntamiento |
| • Municipal President | Higinio Alfredo García Duran |
| Area | |
| • Land | 69.15 km2 (26.70 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.00 km2 (0.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,240 m (7,350 ft) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 486,998 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 54900 |
| Area code(s) | 55 |
| Demonym | Tultitlense |
| Website | Official website (Spanish) |
Tultitlán
Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo is the seat of the municipality of Tultitlán located in the northeastern part of the state of México in Mexico. It lies adjacent to the northern tip of the Federal District (Distrito Federal) and is part of the Greater Mexico City urban area. Both the city and the municipality are interchangeably known as San Antonio Tultitlán or simply Tultitlán, a name which comes from Náhuatl meaning "among the tule plants". "de Mariano Escobedo" was added to the city's name in 1902 in honor of the general who fought in the Mexican-American War and for the liberals during the period of La Reforma with Benito Juárez.
In the area have been found the bones of mammoth and other animals, excavated starting in 1991. It is an important site because it establishes the presence of man here to about 15000 - 13000BC, making it one of the oldest human settlements in the Americas. Ceramic pieces here date to about 400BC. Teotihuacan presence is documented around 200 to 750 AD, mostly agricultural villages that also produced items like baskets and rope. Between 850 and 1110, the area was inhabited by peoples speaking Náhuatl and Otomis, while the area was under Toltec domination from the city of Tula (located in the present-day state of Hidalgo). The current city was founded by the Tepanecas in 1356, but its first tlatoani (chief), named Cuauhtzinteuctli, did not begin his rule until 1408. The city's last tlatoani died in 1519 of measles brought over by the Spanish. After the Spanish Conquest, the area was reorganized into large haciendas with the city of Tultitlán under the jurisdiction of Tacuba. The village became a parish in 1605. In 1645, an image of San Antonio de Padua arrived and became the town's patron saint. The small village remained so until 1969 when it was named a town, attaining city status in 1997. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 31,936.
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