Metepec Municipality
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Metepec () is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico and is located directly to the east of the state capital, Toluca, at an altitude of above sea level. The center of Mexico City lies some 50 km further to the east. The city of Metepec also form part of the Greater Toluca. The name Metepec comes from Náhuatl meaning hill of the agave plants. However, it is also known in the Matlatzinca language as "Nepinta-Tuhi" meaning 'people of corn land' and in the Otomi language as "Ntaguada".
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Metepec
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipio de Metepec
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- PanMetepecMX.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Panoramic view of Metepec
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- State of Mexico
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1526
- Settlement.established_title2
- Municipal Status
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1848
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal President
- Settlement.leader_name
- Fernando Gustavo Flores Fernández
- Settlement.total_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 70.43
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Metepec () is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico and is located directly to the east of the state capital, Toluca, at an altitude of above sea level. The center of Mexico City lies some 50 km further to the east. The city of Metepec also form part of the Greater Toluca. The name Metepec comes from Náhuatl meaning hill of the agave plants. However, it is also known in the Matlatzinca language as "Nepinta-Tuhi" meaning 'people of corn land' and in the Otomi language as "Ntaguada".
==The city==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metepec Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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