Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality

Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality
Municipality
Country  Mexico
State Puebla
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality is a municipality in Puebla in south-eastern Mexico.[1]

The seat is Ciudad Serdán.

Etymology

The name of the municipality is of Nahuatl origin and comes from the words chalchihuitl = chalchihuite [2] = xomulli hollow, hole, y-llan = suffix of location. Therefore, means in the hollow or pit of the emeralds.

References

  1. "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on April 5, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2010.

Coordinates: 18°59′00″N 97°27′00″W / 18.9833°N 97.4500°W / 18.9833; -97.4500


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