Tenango del Valle | |
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Municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 0°06′09″N 99°35′20″W / 0.10250°N 99.58889°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | State of Mexico |
| Municipal Seat | Tenango de Arista |
| City Founded | 1550 |
| Municipality Founded | 1847 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Gabriel Gallegos García (2006-2009) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 2,600 m (8,500 ft) |
| Population (2010) Municipality | |
| • Municipality | 77,965 |
| • Seat | 20,238 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 52300 |
The municipality of Tenango del Valle is located in the southern portion of the Valley of Toluca in Mexico State, about 72 km southwest of Mexico City and 25 km south of Toluca. The municipal seat is the city of Tenango de Arista. While the seat is officially named Tenango de Arista, it is more commonly referred to as Tenango del Valle, as this was the original name of the town.[1][2] Tenango del Valle is best known as the site of the Teotenango archeological site, which was a walled city inhabited from about 900 C.E. to 1550 C.E.[3]
- ^ "Estado de Mexico – Tenango del Valle" (in Spanish). Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ "Tenango del Valle" (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ Tello, Anabel (2003-02-22). "Tenango del Valle: Santuario arqueologico" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Reforma. pp. 8–9.