Tlatelolco
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Tlatelolco may refer to:
- Tlatelolco (altepetl)Tlatelolco (altepetl)Tlatelolco was a pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl in the Valley of Mexico. Its inhabitants were known as Tlatelolca. The Tlatelolca were a part of the Mexica ethnic group, a Nahuatl speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century...
, a pre-Columbian Aztec citystate - Tlatelolco (archaeological site)Tlatelolco (archaeological site)Tlatelolco is an archaeological excavation site in Mexico City, Mexico where remains of the pre-Columbian city-state of the same name have been found...
, an archaeological site in Mexico City, location of the Aztec citystate - Tlatelolco (Mexico City)Tlatelolco (Mexico City)Tlatelolco is an area in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, centered on the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, a square surrounded on three sides by an excavated Aztec archaeological site, a 17th century church called Templo de Santiago, a former convent, and office complexes that used to belong to...
, an area within modern Mexico City - Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-TlatelolcoUnidad Habitacional Nonoalco-TlatelolcoThe Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco is the largest apartment complex in Mexico, located in the Cuautemoc borough of Mexico City. It was built in the 1960s by architect Mario Pani. Originally, the complex had 102 apartment buildings, with its own schools, hospitals, stores and more, to make...
mega apartment complex - The Tlatelolco massacreTlatelolco massacreThe Tlatelolco massacre, also known as The Night of Tlatelolco , was a government massacre of student and civilian protesters and bystanders that took place during the afternoon and night of October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City...
of 1968 in which Mexican police and military forces killed more than 300 protesting students - Metro TlatelolcoMetro TlatelolcoMetro Tlatelolco is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, to the north of the downtown area...
, a station on the Mexico City Metro - Treaty of TlatelolcoTreaty of TlatelolcoThe Treaty of Tlatelolco is the conventional name given to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean...
, a treaty for the prohibition of nuclear weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean