Tlalnepantla de Baz

Tlalnepantla de Baz
Municipality
Municipal hall of Tlalnepantla
Municipal hall of Tlalnepantla
Nickname: 
Tlalne or Tlane
Motto(s): 
Culture, Work and Progress
Location of Tlalnepantla in the State of Mexico
Location of Tlalnepantla in the State of Mexico
Coordinates: 19°32′12″N 99°11′41″W / 19.53667°N 99.19472°W / 19.53667; -99.19472
Country Mexico
State State of Mexico
RegionTlalnepantla
Metro areaGreater Mexico City
Municipal SeatTlalnepantla
Government
 • TypeAyuntamiento
 • Municipal PresidentRaciel Pérez Cruz
Area
 • Total
83.48 km2 (32.23 sq mi)
 • Land77.17 km2 (29 sq mi)
 • Water1.10 km2 (3.28 sq mi)
Elevation
2,250 m (7,380 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
672,202[1]
Time zoneUTC−06:00 (CST)
Postal code (of seat)
54000
Area code55
DemonymTlalnepantlense
WebsiteOfficial website (in Spanish)

Tlalnepantla de Baz (Otomi: Ndemhāi)[citation needed] is one of 125 municipalities of the state of Mexico, north of Mexico City. The municipal seat and largest city in the municipality is the city of Tlalnepantla. Tlalnepantla comes from the Náhuatl words tlalli (land) and nepantla (middle) to mean the middle land. The city was known in prior times as Tlalnepantla de Galeana and Tlalnepantla de Comonfort, to honor Hermenegildo Galeana and Ignacio Comonfort, respectively. The current addition of Baz comes from the last name of Gustavo Baz Prada, an important politician and soldier of Emiliano Zapata's army during the Mexican Revolution. After the Revolution, Baz Prada became Governor of the State of Mexico and President of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). It is located in the northeastern part of the state of Mexico, in the Valley of Mexico north of Mexico City proper.[2] Tlalnepantla de Baz has an exclave to the west, divided by Gustavo A. Madero. Together with Atizapán, it comprises the dense Region XII of Mexico State.

  1. ^ "Population by Municipality in the State of Mexico". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico Estado de Mexico Tlalnepantla". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-03-26.