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Etymological word Aculco means Atl “water”; cóltic “twisted” y co “in”, "in the twisted water", in Otomí means "two water", because there can be founded sweet and salted water. |
Etymological word Aculco means Atl “water”; cóltic “twisted” y co “in”, "in the twisted water", in Otomí means "two water", because there can be founded sweet and salted water. |
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About Aculco’s economy the principals sectors are: |
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==Natural Geography== |
==Natural Geography== |
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==HISTORY OF ACULCO== |
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Aculco was founded approximately in 1110 A.D. by Otomies, despite its name comes from the Nahuatl. After being a village inhabited by Otomies for long time, it was a region dominated by the Mexicas, who lived on it many years before the founding of Tenochtitlan. |
Aculco was founded approximately in 1110 A.D. by Otomies, despite its name comes from the Nahuatl. After being a village inhabited by Otomies for long time, it was a region dominated by the Mexicas, who lived on it many years before the founding of Tenochtitlan. |
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In the headwaters of municipality has two busts one in memory of Benito Juarez and other in memory of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/mexico/mpios/15003a.htm|title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref> |
In the headwaters of municipality has two busts one in memory of Benito Juarez and other in memory of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/mexico/mpios/15003a.htm|title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref> |
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==DEMOGRAPHICS== |
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The municipality of Aculco has a geographical extent of 484.7 km², that represent the 2.18% of the State. According with INEGI in 2005 Aculco has a population of 40,492. <ref> {{cite web| url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/mexico/mpios/15003a.htm|title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref> |
The municipality of Aculco has a geographical extent of 484.7 km², that represent the 2.18% of the State. According with INEGI in 2005 Aculco has a population of 40,492. <ref> {{cite web| url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/mexico/mpios/15003a.htm|title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref> |
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==ECONOMY== |
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Livestock: This town is among the prominent places in livestock, for the production of winning pigs, cattle, sheep, goats and horses. |
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==NOTABLE SITES / BUILDINGS== |
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The parish and the ex-convent of San Jeronimo dated 1540 the remains of exhaciendas Arroyo Zarco and the Brotherhood and aqueducts known as arcs. |
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The house where lived the father Miguel Hidalgo. |
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In the headwaters of municipality has two busts one in memory of Benito Juarez and other in memory of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/mexico/mpios/15003a.htm|title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref> |
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==NOTABLE RESIDENTS== |
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Lucas Magos Bárcenas y Cornejo, Alfonso Díaz de la Vega, Pablo de San Antonio Indio, Juan García, Juan Nicolás, Sotero González Mina, Juan Maldonado Chemiso, José Rafael, José Trinidad, Manuel Polo and Ignacio Espinoza Martínez. <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/mexico/mpios/15003a.htm|title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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The municipality of Aculco is located surrounded by : • North: The municipalities of Polotitlan • East: The municipalities of Jilotepec • South: The municipalities of Acambay and Timilpan • West: State of Queretaro
Aculco is 1 :15 minutes from Toluca and 108.3 km
Etymological word Aculco means Atl “water”; cóltic “twisted” y co “in”, "in the twisted water", in Otomí means "two water", because there can be founded sweet and salted water. [1]
Natural Geography
Aculco is a town next to the mountains and between rockfaces and the Conception’s waterfall. This municipally has admirable natural richness: for example, te Ñado Da, in a environment of exceptional beautiful. [2]
HISTORY OF ACULCO
Aculco was founded approximately in 1110 A.D. by Otomies, despite its name comes from the Nahuatl. After being a village inhabited by Otomies for long time, it was a region dominated by the Mexicas, who lived on it many years before the founding of Tenochtitlan.
With the arrived of Spanish beginning the construction of the church and the convent of San Jeronimo in 1540, whose architecture is a Baroque. In November 1810, arrived in this village Miguel Hidalgo and his contingent, was where he began to shape the course of our country, was also where insurgents, led by Don Miguel Hidalgo, lost a battle by the troops of Felix Ma. Calleja.
During the nineteenth century, was the building of the municipal presidency, the first primary school education, construction of public wash houses, the municipal pool and repair of the rotor shaft eye water, which is had a people for domestic use. On February 19 1825, Aculco was formed as a municipality. In the years of 1914 and 1915 this town was the scene of clashes led by the revolutionaries’ carrancistas, villistas and Zapatistas.
The parish and the ex-convent of San Jeronimo dated 1540 the remains of exhaciendas Arroyo Zarco and the Brotherhood and aqueducts known as arcs. The house where lived the father Miguel Hidalgo. In the headwaters of municipality has two busts one in memory of Benito Juarez and other in memory of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. [3]
DEMOGRAPHICS
The municipality of Aculco has a geographical extent of 484.7 km², that represent the 2.18% of the State. According with INEGI in 2005 Aculco has a population of 40,492. [4]
ECONOMY
Agriculture: maize (corn), with 80 % of the cultivable area and in minor percentage there is the bean, oats and vegetables as lettuce, carrots and radishes. And fruits like; pear, apple, plum, small peach, capulín, perón, tejocote, sapota, lemon, lime and orange. Livestock: This town is among the prominent places in livestock, for the production of winning pigs, cattle, sheep, goats and horses. Ranching : Production of porcine, bovinely, sheep, caprino and equine. Industry: Aculco is famous for its milk and cheese. They have a company of metal structures. [5]
NOTABLE SITES / BUILDINGS
The parish and the ex-convent of San Jeronimo dated 1540 the remains of exhaciendas Arroyo Zarco and the Brotherhood and aqueducts known as arcs. The house where lived the father Miguel Hidalgo. In the headwaters of municipality has two busts one in memory of Benito Juarez and other in memory of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. [6]
NOTABLE RESIDENTS
Lucas Magos Bárcenas y Cornejo, Alfonso Díaz de la Vega, Pablo de San Antonio Indio, Juan García, Juan Nicolás, Sotero González Mina, Juan Maldonado Chemiso, José Rafael, José Trinidad, Manuel Polo and Ignacio Espinoza Martínez. [7]
References
- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ "Estado de México". Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". Retrieved 2008-01-26.