Calpulalpan is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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in the
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
of
Tlaxcala
Tlaxcala, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala, is one of the 32 federal entities that comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tlaxcala, 60 municipalities and t ...
.
The area of the municipality is 254.82 km².
The municipal seat is at
Calpulalpan
Calpulalpan officially as Heroic City of Calpulalpan, is a Mexican city, head and main urban center of the homonymous municipality, located to the west of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala
Tlaxcala, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tla ...
.
It is bordered to the north by the State of Hidalgo, to the south by Nanacamilpa, to the east by Lázaro Cárdenas, and to the west by the State of Mexico. It belongs to the III Federal Electoral District of Tlaxcala.
Notable sites
The municipality has various aspects of tourist interest; among them:
* Parish of San Antonio de Padua.
* Convent of San Simon.
* Convent of San Francisco; dates from the 16th century.
* The Chapel of the Third Order.
* The archaeological ruins of classical times: los cerritos, tecoaque and la herradura.
* La barranca del Diablo.
* Feria de Calpulalpan: This festival is celebrated annually for fifteen days, the main day being June 13. This festival, also known as the pulque and barbecue fair, is celebrated religiously in honor of San Antonio de Padua; there is a great variety of ethnic groups from neighboring municipalities and even from the States of Hidalgo and Mexico that every year make a pilgrimage to the Parish of San Antonio de Padua and give thanks for the miracles granted.
* The ExHacienda of San Bartolomé del Monte.
References
External links
*
Municipal government website of Calpulalpan
{{Tlaxcala
Municipalities of Tlaxcala
Nahua settlements