Coyotepec, State of Mexico (original) (raw)

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Municipality in State of Mexico, Mexico

Coyotepec
Municipality
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Coordinates: 19°45′0″N 99°10′16″W / 19.75000°N 99.17111°W / 19.75000; -99.17111
Country Mexico
State State of Mexico
Area
• Total 12.30 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total 39,341
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)

Coyotepec is a municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 12.30 km² and, in 2005, had a total population of 39,341.[1]

The name comes from the Nahuatl coyotl (coyote) and tepetl (hill), with the locative suffix c: thus, "hill of the coyote" or "place of coyotes".[2]

  1. ^ "Coyotepec". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 25, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  2. ^ "Nomenclatura". Municipio de Coyotepec.