Huixquilucan
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Huixquilucan is a municipality in Mexico State, Mexico. It lies adjacent to the west side of the Federal District (Distrito Federal) and is part of Greater Mexico City. The municipal seat of government is in the small town of Huixquilucan de Degollado (population 9,200), although the largest community is actually a part (population 118,181) of the adjoining city of Naucalpan de Juárez which extends into Huixquilucan. Huixquilucan had 224,042 inhabitants at the time of the 2005 Census in Mexico. The municipality has an area of 143.52 km² (55.41 sq mi). There are also three other towns in the municipality which are larger than the municipal seat: Jesús del Monte, Magdalena Chichicaspa, and Santiago Yancuitlalpan. As of 2005 2.5% of the municipality's population spoke an indigenous language.
The municipality was established on October 21, 1846. In ancient times its territory had been inhabited by Otomi, Tepanec, Mexica and Acolhua populations.
[edit] References
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- México Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
[edit] External links
- Gobierno de Huixquilucan Official website
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