Huitzilac is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos

Morelos

Morelos officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 33 municipalities and its capital city is Cuernavaca....

. It stands at 19°01′42"N 99°16′02"W and at an altitude of 2,561 m. (8,402 ft.) above sea level.

The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. With a 2010 census population of 4,568 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city (locality) in the municipality, after the town of Tres Marías 19°03′15"N 99°14′30"W.

The municipality reported 17,340 inhabitants in the 2010 census.

The name is a Spanish-language adaptation of a Nahuatl

Nahuatl

Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

 toponym meaning "in the water of the humming-birds".

The municipality

The municipality is one of 17 municipalities that border Mexico City. It borders the capital city's southside boroughs of Milpa Alta

Milpa Alta

Milpa Alta is one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. It lies in the southeast corner of the Distrito Federal, bordering the States of México and Morelos. It is the second largest and most rural of all delegaciones. It is also the least populous and...

 and Tlalpan

Tlalpan

Tlalpan is one of the sixteen administrative boroughs of the Federal District of Mexico City. It is the largest borough, with over eighty percent under conservation as forest and other ecologically sensitive area. The rest, almost all of it on the northern edge, has been urban since the mid 20th...

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Towns and villages

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:

Name	2010 Census Population
Tres Marías	6,160
Huitzilac Huitzilac Huitzilac is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at and at an altitude of 2,561 m. above sea level.The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name...	4,568
Coajomulco	2,089
Real Montecassino	364
Fraccionamiento Sierra Encantada	349
Total Municipality	17,340

External links

• Hutizilac municipal government website Accessed 31 October 2008.
• Hutizilac Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, INAFED. Accessed 31 October 2008.

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