
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tepotzotlán
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and municipality
- Settlement.total_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Tepoztotlan.JPG
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico State of Mexico
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- State of Mexico
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal President
- Settlement.leader_name
- Marcos Márquez Mecado (2006–2009)
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Angel Zuppa Nunez (current)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1525
- Settlement.established_title2
- Municipal Status
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1814
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 208.83
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History of the city and municipality
- The city
- Museum of Viceroyalty of New Spain
- The municipality
- Geography
- Points of Interest
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|Tepotzotlan Cathedral
Tepotzotlán () is a city and a municipality in the Mexican state of Mexico. It is located northwest of Mexico City about a 45-minute drive along the Mexico City–Querétaro road at marker number 41. In Aztec times, the area was the center of a dominion that negotiated to keep most of its independence in return with being allied with the Aztec Triple Alliance. Later, it would also be part of a "Republic of the indigenous," allowing for some autonomy under Spanish rule as well. The town became a major educational center during the colonial period when the Jesuits established the College of San Francisco Javier. The college complex that grew from its beginnings in 1580 would remain an educational center until 1914. Today this complex houses the Museo del Virreinato (Museum of the Vice Regal or Colonial Period), with one of the largest collections of art and other objects from this time period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tepotzotlán” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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