Coatepec Harinas is one of 125

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the State of Mexico, Mexico. The municipal seat is the town of Coatepec Harinas. The original name is "Coauhtepetl" which means 'serpent hill' in

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. Around 1825 because of a boom in flour production, the name "Harinas" was added.

The town

It is located on the southern edge of the

Nevado de Toluca Nevado de Toluca () is a stratovolcano in central Mexico, located about west of Mexico City near the city of Toluca. It is the fourth highest of Mexico's peaks, after Pico de Orizaba, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl. The volcano and the area ar ...

, south-southeast of the city of Toluca and west of Tenancingo. The earliest town of Coauhtepetl was probably settled sometime between 650 and 750 AD. Between 1522 and 1524 the area was subjugated by

Gonzalo de Sandoval Gonzalo de Sandoval (1497, Medellín, Spain – late in 1528, Palos de la Frontera, Spain) was a Spanish conquistador in New Spain (Mexico)Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London: Penguin Books, and briefly co-governor of the col ...

and Andrés de Tapia. Between 1560 and 1563 a new town was constructed on the site. In 1623, the first parish was constructed.

The municipality

As municipal seat, Coatepec Harinas has governing jurisdiction over the following communities: Acuitlapilco, Agua Amarga, Agua Bendita, Alta de Laja Azul, Baja de Laja Azul, Chiltepec de Hidalgo, Cochisquila, Colonia Adolfo López Mateos, Colonia el Potrero (El Potrero), Colonia Guadalupe, Cruz de Piedra, Cuentla, El Cedrito, El Picacho, El Potrerito (El Potrero), El Reynoso, El Telar, Huayanalco, Ixtlahuaca de Villada, La Cercada, La Conchita, La Galera, La Laguna, La Providencia, La Rosa, Las Jaras, Las Mesas, Las Trojes, Las Vueltas, Llano Grande, Loma de Acuitlapilco, Los Fresnos, Meyuca de Morelos (Meyuca), Monte de las Vueltas, Piedras Anchas (Primera del Monte), Plan de San Francisco, Potrero Redondo, Primera de Analco, Primera de San Miguel (La Punta), Primera de Santa Ana, Primera de Zacanguillo (Santo Niño Doctor), Primera del Monte (La Presa), Puerta del Carmen, San Fernando, San José del Progreso (San José), San Luis (Colonia Hidalgo), San Martín el Salto, San Pedro, Santo Niño, Segunda de Analco (La Presa), Segunda de San Miguel (El Cerrito), Segunda de Santa Ana, Segunda de Zacanguillo, Segunda del Monte (La Presa), Tecolotepec, Teocotitla, and Zacatones (San Felipe de Jesús) It covers a total surface area of and, in the year 2000 census, it reported a population of 252,555. The altitude of the municipality varies because of its topography between 3,000 and 1,900 above sea level. The municipality borders

Temascaltepec Temascaltepec is a municipality located in the Ixtapan Region of the State of Mexico in Mexico. Temascaltepec has an area of 547.5 km2. It borders the municipalities of Valle de Bravo, Amanalco de Becerra, Tejupilco, San Simón de Guerrero, ...

Zinacantepec Zinacantepec is a municipality located just west of the city of Toluca in Mexico State, Mexico. The municipal seat is the town of San Miguel Zinacantepec. Zinacantepec is Nahuatl for "bat mountain" and its Aztec glyph is a bat on a mountain. It i ...

, Toluca,

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, Villa Guerrero,

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, Zacualpan,

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and Texcaltitlan. The current municipality was created in 1949. In this town the people use to cultivate some fruit trees. The main product of this region is peaches. The production of other fruits depend on the season. This is a rich region, it has a lot of water resource.

History

As of March 17, 2021, the municipality reported 57 cases and three deaths due to the

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. At least thirteen police officers were ambushed and killed by a criminal gang in the town of Llano Grande on March 18, 2021.

References

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