Xoxocotla, Morelos

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". Formerly part of Puente de Ixtla, it became its own indigenous municipality on 1 January 2019.[2] It recorded a population of 21,074 inhabitants in the 2010 Mexican census.[1]

Xoxocotla
Municipality and town
Xoxocotla
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 18°41′06″N 99°14′38″W
Country Mexico
StateMorelos
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total21,074
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

The new municipality is formed by the colonies: Cerrado del Venado, Hermosa, Loma Linda, Arboledas del Sur, La Tom, Palo Prieto, Campo Corbe, Chaya Michán, Tierra Alta, Campo Xolistlán and Palo Prieto Fraccionamiento. It also includes the Xoxocotla Ejido fields.

According to the agreement, the people of the new municipality will be ruled according to traditional usos y costumbres (uses and customs), and they will be required to assume part of the public debt of Puente de Ixtla.[3] Eight months after its formation, the municipality is still struggling to resolve its differences with Puente de Ixtla.[4]

Other Indigenous communities that were granted autonomy are Coatetelco and Hueyapan.[5]

History

Puente de Ixtla was established as a municipality in 1869, and on July 12, 1871, it annexed Xoxocotla, Tehuixtla, and the hacienda of San José. Later Xoxocotla became part of the municipality of Jojutla.[6]

Xoxocotla had to be evacuated in 1913—1914 due to fighting during the Mexican Revolution.[6]

In 2010 the Pueblos Magico ("Magical Towns") program was created to promote tourism in certain states and municipalities of the country. Puente de Ixtla did not qualify for the program, but in 2018 Morelos set up its own promotional program called Pueblos con Encanto ("Charmed Towns") including Puente de Ixtla (and by extension, Xococotla).[7]

The Third Indigenous Book Fair took place in Xoxocotla on February 18, 2016. Poet Arnulfo Soriano of Xoxocotla presented a book of poems. Xoxocotla and Santa Ana Tlacotenco, Milpa Alta were declared Sister Cities.[8]

Members of the National Guard were sent to Xoxocotla during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico to help enforce lockdown orders and social distancing.[9] As of May 4, 2020, there were 505 infections and 59 deaths in the state of Morelos and nine confirmed infections from coronavirus in Xoxocatla.[10] The state health department (Coprisem) closed a clandestine crematorium in Xoxocotla on June 2 as the state reached 1,477 cases and 290 deaths.[11]

Famous people
See also: List of people from Morelos, Mexico
  • Lucio Carpanta, writer and teacher of Nauhtl language[12]
  • Ricardo Alberto Castañeda, traditional healer and author[13]
  • Sergio Jimenez Bénitez, novelist,[6] La Huella de Tata (Great-grandfather's footprint)[14]

Points of Interest
  • Acuaski Action Park is a club for extreme sports, including water skiing, Kneeboard, and Wakeboard, as well as land sports such as BMX, Trial, and Enduro.[15]

References
  1. "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.
  3. Morelos decreta creación del municipio de Xoxocotla (Dec 20, 2018)
  4. ANTONIETA SÁNCHEZ (August 10, 2019), "A marchas forzadas avanza división territorial en Coatetelco y Xoxocotla" [A forced march advances territorial division in Coatetelco and Xoxocotla], Diario de Morelos (in Spanish), Cuernavaca, retrieved August 10, 2019
  5. Sólo aprobaron a tres nuevos municipios indígenas accessed Dec 22, 2018.
  6. "Municipios de Morelos: Puente de Ixtla". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  7. "Nace Pueblos con Encanto para atraer turismo". La Jornada de Morelos (in Spanish). 10 October 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  8. "Amoxilhuitl In Tonanyoltlahtol Xoxokotlan: ¡Si se pudo! Reseña de la 3era Feria del Libro en Lenguas Indígenas Xoxocotla, 2012. Yei Amoxilhuitl in Xoxokotlan". web.archive.org. 11 November 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  9. "Xoxoctla realiza despliegue operativo por COVID-19". www.diariodemorelos.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  10. "Confirman 505 contagios de COVID-19 y 59 defunciones en Morelos". www.notimex.gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  11. "Suspende Coprisem panteón en Xoxocotla". www.diariodemorelos.com (in Spanish). Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  12. Caicedo, Jorge. "Aprende Azteca Nahuatl por Lucio Carpanta". Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  13. Casteñeda, Ricardo Alberto (1999). Testimonios de vida de médicos indígenas tradicionales: Ricardo Alberto Castañeda (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto National Indigenista. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  14. Jimenez Benitez, Sergio (1986). La huella del tata. Novela antropológica (in Spanish) (2 ed.). Cuernavaca: Secretaria Particular del Gobierno de Morelos. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  15. Acuaski Extreme Sports Park accessed Dec 24, 2018


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