Tejupilco is municipality

Municipality

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 in the State of Mexico, Mexico

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, located approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of the state capital Toluca

Toluca

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, along Federal Highway 34

Mexican Federal Highway

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. Its municipal seat is Tejupilco de Hidalgo

Tejupilco de Hidalgo

Tejupilco de Hidalgo is the seat of municipality of Tejupilco in the State of Mexico, Mexico.It is located approximately 100 kilometres southwest of the state capital Toluca, along Federal Highway 34. The name Tejupilco comes from Náhuatl meaning "between the toes"...

. The municipality has a total area of about 1,327 km², with a contrasting topography ranging from deep ravines and canyons to high ridges; the highest elevation within the municipality reaches some 1,340 metres (4,396 ft) asl

Above mean sea level

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. The 2005 census recorded a population of 62,547 inhabitants.

Tejupilco was the first municipalities founded in April 1829.

Dating from before the Spanish Conquest

Spanish conquest of Mexico

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, indigenous groups such as Otomi

Otomi people

The Otomi people . Smaller Otomi populations exist in the states of Puebla, Mexico, Tlaxcala, Michoacán and Guanajuato. The Otomi language belonging to the Oto-Pamean branch of the Oto-Manguean language family is spoken in many different varieties some of which are not mutually intelligible.One of...

, Mazahua

Mazahua

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 and Matlatzinca

Matlatzinca

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 have lived in the area now contained by the modern municipality. A number of pre-Columbian

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 archaeological sites within the municipal boundaries are known, but as yet little investigated. The name "Tejupilco" derives from Nahuatl

Nahuatl

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 and means "in the toes."

Main economic activities are in the agricultural

Agriculture

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 and local retail sectors. Agriculture is the most significant, with some 93,586 hectare

Hectare

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s under cultivation. Commerce and retail ranks as the second-most productive economic sector.

A market held each Sunday is a main retail venue, where products and crafts typical of the region are sold.

The typical gastronomy of the region includes a bread known as "niguas", which is made with natural fruit.