San Mateo Mexicaltzingo
San Mateo Mexicaltzingo | |
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Town & Municipality | |
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Postal code (of seat) | 52180 |
Website | www |
San Mateo Mexicaltzingo is a town and the
The town
The town of San Mateo Mexicaltzingo was founded in 1475 when
As of the
The economic base of the town is fairly dependent on the agricultural production of the outlying municipality. The town is well known as a producer of
Nearby are unexplored arqueological zones called de la Loma, Las Palmas, Tecacaxtitla and Bohuantilta. The town itself has a Casa de Cultura (House of Culture) that houses a small museum of the Ferrocarril Toluca a Tenango del Valle (Railway from Toluca to Tenango del Valle.[1][3]
The municipality
As municipal seat, San Mateo Mexicaltzingo has governing jurisdiction over the following communities: Colonia Mazachulco, Colonia San Isidro, El Calvario, and Las Palmas. The municipality is 12.20 square km and borders the municipalities of
The beginnings of the municipality go back to 1603, when the Viceroy Marqués de Montes Claros administratively grouped San Mateo Mexicaltzingo with the villages of Santa María Concepción, San Bartolomé, San Miguel Chapultepec and San Andrés Ocotlán into a zone called San Antonio Otompa. This district was a dependent of Calimaya but in 1700 it separated from this entity. The official petition to become a municipality was made by San Mateo Mexicaltzingo and its current subject communities in 1849, but such was not approved until 1869.[1]
Agriculture is the main economic activity here growing corn, animal fodder, barley, carrots, peas and other beans, plums, peaches, and apples. Livestock raising includes dairy cows and, to a lesser degree, pigs, sheep and horses. Most milk is produced for autoconsumption. Domestic fowl include chicken for meat and eggs, and there is some production of honey.[1]
According to the
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico Estado de Mexico - Mexicaltzingo". Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ a b "Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ "Municipio de Mexicaltzingo". Archived from the original on January 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ^ "INEGI". Retrieved 2008-01-29.