Tetela Del Volcán
Tetela del Volcán or simply Tetela, is a town and municipal seat of the municipality of Tetela del Volcán in the Mexican state of Morelos. It is located on the slopes of the volcano Popocatépetl. . The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is notable for its sixteenth century Dominican ex-convent which together with a number of other early monasteries nearby in the area has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The municipality reported 20,698 inhabitants in the year 2015 census. Other towns in the municipality of Tetela del Volcán include Hueyapan, ''Xochicalco'' (not to be confused with the archeological site of the same name) and ''Tlamimilulpan''. The toponym ''Tetela'' comes from Nahuatl and means "place of rocks". The ''Volcán'' ("volcano") referred to is, of course, Popocatépetl. History In 1503, Tetela del Volcán and nearby Hueyapan were subjugated to the Aztec Empire by Moctezuma II. The first Spania ...
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Tetela Del Volcan (Arc)
Tetela may refer to: Democratic Republic of the Congo: *Tetela people *Tetela language Mexico: *Tetela del Volcán, Morelos *Tetela, Oaxaca *Tetela de Ocampo, Puebla *Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla *Los Ángeles Tetela, Puebla *San Baltazar Tetela, Puebla {{disambig ...
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