Lake Zumpango

Lake Zumpango, 2007
The Valley of Mexico, at the time of the Spanish Conquest in 1519.
Aerial view of Zumpango, 2004

Lake Zumpango (Spanish: Laguna de Zumpango; Nahuatl languages: Tzompanco, lit. 'string of scalps'[1]) is an endorheic basin located in the Valley of Mexico in the municipality of Zumpango and adjacent to the municipality of Teoloyucan.[2][3] Tzompanco was formerly the northernmost of five interconnected lakes, covering about 1,500 square kilometers (580 sq mi) (the other lakes being Lake Xaltocan,[a] Lake Xochimilco, Lake Chalco and Lake Texcoco[b]). The Valley of Mexico was a centre for several pre-Columbian civilizations including Teotihuacan, the Toltec, and the Aztec Empire. After the conquest of the Aztec Empire, the Spaniards began to drain the lakes' waters to control flooding. Over the centuries Lake Zumpango lost it its inflows and outflows and became polluted by sewage and garbage dumps.[3] However, in recent years,[clarification needed] the lagoon is becoming cleaner again.[3]

  1. ^ "What was the origin of Zumpango, the place where mammoths were found". infobae (in European Spanish). March 23, 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  2. ^ Montoya Rivero, María Cristina (28 June 2010). "Del desagüe del Valle de México al drenaje profundo". México Desconocido. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Cabrera, Jesús (2012-10-26). "Naturaleza. Laguna de Zumpango, un sitio para redescubrir". turismo mexiquense (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  4. ^ Burnham, Jeffrey R. (September 1984). "An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl . Frances Karttunen". American Anthropologist. 86 (3): 755. doi:10.1525/aa.1984.86.3.02a00640. ISSN 0002-7294.


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