San Pablo del Monte, Tlaxcala

San Pablo del Monte
Official seal of San Pablo del Monte
San Pablo del Monte is located in Mexico
San Pablo del Monte
San Pablo del Monte
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°07′08″N 98°10′12″W / 19.119°N 98.170°W / 19.119; -98.170
Country Mexico
State Tlaxcala
MunicipalitySan Pablo del Monte
Area
 • Total12.66 km2 (4.89 sq mi)
Elevation
2,300 m (7,500 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total82,688
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

San Pablo del Monte (formerly Villa Vicente Guerrero) is a city in the municipality of the same name in the south of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, It is located at the southernmost point in the state, near the border with the adjoining state of Puebla. It is a suburb of the city of Puebla and a component of its metropolitan area. At the 2005 census the population of the city was 55,760.[1][2]

For many years the town was named after the revolutionary general Vicente Guerrero. The name was changed to the same name of the surrounding municipality effective December 20, 2016, by way of a decree published in the official gazette of the state government.[3]

  1. ^ Historia y sociedad en Tlaxcala: memorias del 4o. y 5o. 9688590495 1991 "Este último fue el candidato del PRI. SAN PABLO DEL MONTE, con cabecera municipal en Villa Vicente Guerrero Es uno de los municipios más importantes por la cuantía de los ingresos que percibe. "
  2. ^ Michael Herman Crawford The Tlaxcaltecans: Prehistory, Demography, Morphology, and Genetics 1976 "in San Pablo del Monte (called Villa Vicente Guerrero) ..."
  3. ^ "DECRETO No. 284" (PDF). Periódico Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.