Zacualpan de Amilpas

Zacualpan
Tzakualpan de Amilpas[1]
Zacualpan de Amilpas
Town and Municipality
Country Mexico
StateMorelos
Municipality1849[1]
Government
 • PresidentAdrián Cázares González[2]
Area
 • Total64 km2 (25 sq mi)
Elevation
1,636 m (5,367 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total9,370[3]
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Zone)
Area code731
WebsiteOfficial site (in Spanish)

Zacualpan de Amilpas is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos. The town serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. To the north is the municipality of Tetela del Volcán, to the south is the municipality of Temoac, to the east is the State of Puebla, and to the west are the municipalities of Ocuituco and Yecapixtla.[5][6]

The municipality reported 9,370 inhabitants in the year 2015 census.[3]

The toponym Zacualpan comes from a Nahuatl name: tzacual-li (covered thing) and pan (on top of); thus, "atop that which is covered".[6] Amilpas refers to the 25 human settlements controlled by Moctezuma Ilhuicamina from his palace in Huaxtepec (Oaxtepec). The term continued to be used during the colonial era.

  1. ^ a b "Zacualpan de Amilpas". Morelos (in Spanish). June 3, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  2. ^ R, Rosendo Álvarez. "Adrián Cázares González, presidente municipal de Zacualpan de Amilpas del periodo 2019-2021". La Unión (in European Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Número de habitantes. Morelos". cuentame.inegi.org.mx. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Código Postal de Zacualpan de Amilpas(Pueblo) en Zacualpan de Amilpas, Morelos. 62890". micodigopostal.org. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Zacualpan de Amilpas, el secreto de Morelos" [Zacualpan de Amilpas, the secret of Morelos] (in Spanish). Via Mexico. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Estado de Morelos: Zacualpan de Amilpas" [State of Morelos: Zacaulpan of Amilpas] (in Spanish). Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de Mexico. Retrieved December 20, 2018.