Xoxocotla, Morelos

Xoxocotla
Municipality and town
Xoxocotla
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 18°41′06″N 99°14′38″W / 18.68500°N 99.24389°W / 18.68500; -99.24389Coordinates: 18°41′06″N 99°14′38″W / 18.68500°N 99.24389°W / 18.68500; -99.24389
Country  Mexico
State Morelos
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 21,074
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Xoxocotla ( modern Nahuatl pronunciation ) is a town located in the southern part of the state of Morelos, about 30 km south of the state capital Cuernavaca. The name comes from the Nahuatl language, Xoxo-oco-tlan: “place where there are green pines". Currently part of Puente de Ixtla, it is scheduled to become its own indigenous municipality on 1 January 2019.[2] It recorded a population of 21,074 inhabitants in the 2010 Mexican census.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Información de localidad". Catálogo de Localidades (in Spanish). SEDESOL. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Habrá a partir de 2019 4 municipios indígenas en Morelos". Diario de Morelos (in Spanish). 9 November 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.


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