Tepetlixpa
Municipality
Tepetlixpa is located in Mexico
Tepetlixpa
Tepetlixpa
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°0′2″N 98°49′04″W / 19.00056°N 98.81778°W / 19.00056; -98.81778
Country Mexico
StateMexico (state)
Municipal SeatVillage of Tepetlixpa
Area
 • Total46.68 km2 (18.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total18,327
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Tepetlixpa is a municipality in Mexico State in Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 46.68 km2 (18.02 sq mi).

As of 2000, the municipality had a total population of 16,871.[1]

Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

The municipality is home to Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, formerly known as San Miguel Nepantla, the hometown of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.[2]

At his request, the ashes of Argentine-Mexican poet Juan Gelman were scattered in Nepantla.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Tepetlixpa". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 18, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  2. ^ "Descarga de Información correspondiente a la Localidad 150940002". INEGI. Retrieved 10 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Cenizas de Gelman descansan en la tierra de Sor Juana". El Universal. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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