The municipality of Tepechitlán is located in the southwestern portion of the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is located between 21º33'49" and 21º44'00" latitude north and 103º09'07" and 103º32'01" longitude west with an average altitude of approximately 1700 meters above sea level. The municipality covers an area of 584 square kilometers.
The name of the municipality of 'Tepechitlán derives from the Caxcan word "tepezil" which refers to fertility, thus the name means fertile land. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish to the area, the town and its surrounding areas were inhabited by Amerindians of the Caxcan ethnic group. The town's first mention in Spanish documents appears in 1537. The town and its inhabitants were originally put under the trusteeship or "encomienda" of Pedro de Bobadilla. The trusteeship was then transferred to his mestizo son Francisco de Bobadilla and eventually was extinguished, as were many other similar trusteeships in the area due to ongoing uprisings of the local indigenous groups and the Chichimeca War.
In the early 17th century, the town was under the jurisdiccion of neighboring Tlaltenango and was primarily inhabited by indigenous people, though a few Spanish families had begun to settle in the area with the end of the Chichimeca War.
Tepechitlán was officially recognized as a municipality in 1857.
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Zacatecas, State of Zacatecas
Insituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática [2]
December 13, 2023
tepechitlán, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2023. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Tepechitlan news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message 21 40 N 103 20 W 21 667 N 103 333 W 21 667 103 333 TepechitlanSealLocation within the state of ZacatecasZacatecas location within MexicoCountry MexicoStateZacatecasMunicipalityTepechitlanGovernment MayorSilvia QuinonezArea Municipality584 km2 225 sq mi Elevation1 700 m 5 600 ft Population 2005 Total8 972 DemonymTepechitlense Spanish Tepechiteca Nahuatl Time zoneUTC 6 Central US Central Summer DST UTC 5 Central Postal code99750 99753 99754 99760 99763 99755 99770 99773 1 Websitewww tepechitlan comThe municipality of Tepechitlan is located in the southwestern portion of the Mexican state of Zacatecas It is located between 21º33 49 and 21º44 00 latitude north and 103º09 07 and 103º32 01 longitude west with an average altitude of approximately 1700 meters above sea level The municipality covers an area of 584 square kilometers To the north it is bordered by the municipality of Tlaltenango de Sanchez Roman to the south by the municipality of Teul de Gonzalez Ortega to the east by the municipalities of Jalpa and Apozol to the west by the municipalities of Atolinga and Florencia de Benito Juarez as well as the state of Jalisco History editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The name of the municipality of Tepechitlan derives from the Caxcan word tepezil which refers to fertility thus the name means fertile land Prior to the arrival of the Spanish to the area the town and its surrounding areas were inhabited by Amerindians of the Caxcan ethnic group The town s first mention in Spanish documents appears in 1537 The town and its inhabitants were originally put under the trusteeship or encomienda of Pedro de Bobadilla The trusteeship was then transferred to his mestizo son Francisco de Bobadilla and eventually was extinguished as were many other similar trusteeships in the area due to ongoing uprisings of the local indigenous groups and the Chichimeca War In the early 17th century the town was under the jurisdiccion of neighboring Tlaltenango and was primarily inhabited by indigenous people though a few Spanish families had begun to settle in the area with the end of the Chichimeca War Tepechitlan was officially recognized as a municipality in 1857 Mateo Correa Magallanes who was canonized by Pope John Paul II was born in Tepechitlan in 1866 References edit https micodigopostal org zacatecas tepechitlan Sources editEnciclopedia de los Municipios de Zacatecas State of Zacatecas 1 Insituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografia e Informatica 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tepechitlan amp oldid 1188561143, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
