Hueypoxtla is a municipality located in the Zumpango Region, the northeastern part of the state of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality is located at a northern pass leading out of the Valley of Mexico and Mezquital Valley. The name comes from Nahuatl meaning "place of great merchants".[2]

This article may be a rough translation from Spanish. It may have been generated, in whole or in part, by a computer or by a translator without dual proficiency. (August 2022)

Hueypoxtla
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Mexico
State	Mexico State
Municipal seat	Hueypoxtla
Population
• Total	39,864[1]
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Geography

It is located between the parallels 99° 27’ 51” and 99° 37’ 32” west longitude, and 18° 41’ 35” and 18° 55’ 22” north latitude. Hueypoxtla borders Zumpango. It covers a total surface area of 201.54 km² at an altitude of 6,634 ft. In the year 2005 census by INEGI, it reported a population of 39,864.[1]

The town of Hueypoxtla, a municipal seat, has governing jurisdiction over the following communities or towns: Santa María Ajolopan, San Francisco Zacacalco, Tinguistongo, Guadalupe Nopala, Emiliano Zapata and Casa Blanca.[3] The municipality borders with the municipalities of Apaxco, Tequixquiac, Zumpango and the state of Hidalgo (Tizayuca, Tolcayuca, San Agustín Tlaxiaca and Ajacuba).

Other Río Salado of Hueypoxtla river connect with Gran Canal  [es].[4]

The municipal seat is in a small, elongated valley but most of the municipality is a transitions from the Valley of Mexico to the Mezquital Valley.[5] The highest mountain the Picacho in the Sierra Tezontlalpa, it rises 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) above sea level,[6] on the border between the municipalities of Hueypoxtla and Apaxco.

Flora and fauna

Hueypoxtla is a big municipality but there is only a part of Sierra de Tetzontlalpan [es] a mountain region with oak, yucca, huizache, mesquite and pirul, mainly has got semi-desert plains named Lomas de España (Spain plains) with Zumpango municipality. The plants are fruit trees as capulin, white zapote, avocado, tejocote, and cactus as prickly pears, chollas, and others. Spanish people, in colonial period, planted here olive trees, pomegranates, figs and vineyards by soil acidity.[7]

The animals are cacomistle, skunk, opossum, bobcat, coyote, rabbit, hare, the birds are turkey vulture, falcon, eagle, quail, owl, roadrunner, crow and various kinds of insects and reptiles.[8]

History

In Hueypoxtla, fossils of plants and animal species from the Cretaceous have been found. While there is no evidence in this municipality of human groups, the proximity with Tequixquiac municipality, the place where the Sacrum bone of Tequixquiac was found, leads one to think that humans inhabited this region.[9]

Around 1219 the altepetl of Hueypoxtla was founded by Chichimecas in a place named Iztatzacuala by Huitzitl, a Chichimeca man.[9][10]

When arrived here, Nahuas and Otomis, founded Teotlalpan; it's possible that this region has been called Teotlalpan by the existence of lime areas, a material used for the building of teocallis, buildings for religious activities.[10]

Communication and transport

The Arco Norte, is a main highway that passes near Hueypoxtla and connects Atlacomulco to San Martín Texmelucan; Santa María Ajoloapan has toll access to the highway.[11]

Politics

Economy

The economy is principally farming, cattle raising and small businesses, concentrating on the production of corn, beans and fruit. Tourists are attracted by its climate and some notable churches, as well as some ecotourism attractions. It has an unexplored archeological zone.^{[citation needed]}

Demography

Populated places in Hueypoxtla

Culture

Monuments

• Assumption of Mary Parish is a monument in Santa María Ajoloapan town.
• Saint Bartholomew Parish is in Hueypoxtla town.
• Saint Mark Evangelist Parish is in San Marcos Jilotzingo town.
• Saint Francis of Assisi Church is in San Francisco Zacacalco.
• Presa Luis Espinoza de Hueypoxtla is an dam built in the 19th century.
• Casa Blanca hacienda is a Spanish building connecting with other haciendas and old towns.

Food and drink

People

• Javier Ramirez Flores, a respected man at the age of 94 (2018), has contributed greatly to the education platform in Hueypoxtla. Many educational facilities have been enforced through his effort. He was close to a superintendent of schools throughout this region. A primary school in Hueypoxtla was named in his name. Not to miss, Javier Ramirez was also once Municipal President of Hueypoxtla.
• Narciso García Flores, teacher, poet and writer, was an intellectual of Mexican Revolution.[12]

See also

• Teotlalpan

References