Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality

Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality
Municipality
Coat of arms of Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality in Puebla
Location of the municipality in Puebla
Country Mexico
StatePuebla
Area
 • Total
364.85 km2 (140.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
43,882
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of 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, meaning "turquoise," and xomulli, loosely translated as "hollow" or "nook".[2]

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.
  2. ^ de Molina, Alonso (1555). Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana (in Spanish). p. 161.

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


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