Aculco de Espinoza
Aculco de Espinoza
Ndamëje (in Otomi) San Jerónmio Aculco | |
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Municipal Seat | |
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  Aculco de Espinoza | |
| Coordinates: 20°5′54″N 99°49′37″W / 20.09833°N 99.82694°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Mexico |
| Municipality | Aculco |
| Elevation | 2,596 m (8,517 ft) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
• Total | 1,823[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 50360[3] |
| INEGI code | 1500030001 |
Aculco de Espinoza or San Jerónimo Aculco (Acolco in Nahuatl and Ndamëje in Otomi) is a town and the municipal seat of the Aculco, State of Mexico in Mexico.[4]
This town was a location located on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, trade were collectively added to the World Heritage List. In 2015, Aculco de Espinoza was declared a Pueblo Mágico by the Enrique Peña Nieto goverment.[5]
Etymology
The name Acolco comes from Nahuatl. It has been interpreted to mean “place where twist the river arms,” The arm is atl and coltic, “de Espinoza” was added to the name by the municipality government of in 1954 in honor of Ignacio Espinosa.[6]
Geography
Aculco de Espinoza lies in the north of the state of Mexico. The town of Aculco de Espinoza, a municipal seat and urban place most populated in the municipality. The town is divided in barrios (neighborhoods.) and ejidos.
The River Ñadó is big river that crossing by Acolco de Espinoza and connect with natural rivers to its southeast is the state of Querétaro. This same cross the urban place, is using for irrigation growing lands.
The municipal seat is on a small hill named Bonxi, the most high point is Cerro El Ñadó (Ñado Mountain), a forest place on the west to Aculco de Espinoza.
Culture
San Jeronime parish and ex-convent is the monument most important at the town of Aculco de Espinoza, is a building with Barroc architecture.[7]
References
- ^ Aculco Municipality, SEDESOL, September 29, 2019.
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (2016). "Número de habitantes. Mexico".
- ^ Aculco de Espinoza, Códigos postales, September 30, 2019.
- ^ Aculco de Espinoza, Pueblos de América, September 30, 2019.
- ^ Aculco de Espinoza, Gobierno del Estado de México, September 30, 2019.
- ^ The names of Aculco, September 29, 2019.
- ^ Tu vuaje, Aculco, September 30, 2019.
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