Totolapan | |
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City and Municipality | |
  Totolapan Location in Mexico  Totolapan Totolapan (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 18°59′13″N 98°55′11″W / 18.98694°N 98.91972°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Morelos |
| Founded | Between 1150 and 1350[1] |
| Municipal Status | May 17, 1930 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Sergio Omar Livera Chavarria |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 67,798 km2 (26,177 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,901 m (6,237 ft) |
| Population (2010) Municipality | |
| • Municipality | 10,790[1] |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 62830 – 62835 |
| Area code | 735 |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
Totolapan is a municipality in the north of the Mexican state of Morelos, surrounded by the State of Mexico to the north; to the south with Tlayacapan and Atlatlahucan; to the east and southeast with Atlatlahucan; and to the west with Tlalnepantla.[2]
The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. The municipality reported 11,992 inhabitants in the year 2015 census.[3]
The toponym Totolapan comes from a Nahuatl name and means "birds on water". The full name is Totolapan de Montes de Oca. Fernando de Montes de Oca was a cadet who died at the Battle of Chapultepec during the Mexican–American War in 1849.[citation needed]
- ^ a b "Municipio de Totolapan en Morelos". www.municipios.mx. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Morelos - Totolapan". Siglo.inafed.gob.mx. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Número de habitantes. Morelos". Cuentame.inegi.org.mx. Retrieved 5 January 2019.