Toluca
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Toluca
Tollohcan Toluca de Lerdo | |
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Nickname: Toluca "The beautiful one" | |
Coordinates: 19°17′33″N 99°39′25″W / 19.29250°N 99.65694°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Mexico |
Municipality | Toluca |
Founded | May 19, 1522 |
Government | |
• Municipal President | Martha Hilda González Calderón (2012-2015) |
Elevation | 2,667 m (8,750 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• City | 819,561[1] |
• Metro | 1,610,786 |
• Demonym | Toluqueño(a) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Postal code | 50000- |
Area code | 722 |
Website | www.toluca.gob.mx |
Toluca city or Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of both the State of Mexico and its surrounding municipality.
Etymology
[change | change source]The name comes from Nahuatl and means "place of god Tolloh", named Tollohcan, although both the town and municipality are commonly referred to as simply "Toluca".
History
[change | change source]The first human settlements on these lands date back to 1,200 BC, according to information provided by the Museum of Anthropology and History, located in the Ex-Hacienda La Pila, in San Buenaventura.
Geography
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[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ (in Spanish) "Perspectiva estadistica Mexico" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Toluca de Lerdo at Wikimedia Commons