Izúcar de Matamoros is a city in Izúcar de Matamoros Municipality located in the southwestern part of the

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. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality. At the census of 2005 the city had a population of 41,042 inhabitants, while the municipality had a population of 69,413. The municipality has an area of 514.11 km² (198.5 sq mi), and stands at 1100 m above sea level. Its largest other communities are the towns of La Galarza and

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. It has many sights like the portales, and Santo Domingo, the biggest church in the city.

History

Izúcar de Matamoros derives its name from the

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word ''Itzocan'', which is composed from ''itztli'', meaning "knife" or "flint," ''ohtli'' meaning "path," and ''-can''. Therefore, it means "place of the flint path." Other interpretations suggest that it could mean "place of painted faces," or "place of obsidian" or "place where obsidian is worked." Izúcar de Matamoros was the site of the

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Skirmish at Matamoros on 23 November 1847. The epicenter of the 2017 Puebla earthquake was about east of the city center.USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
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Agriculture

The agriculture of the surrounding countryside is devoted to growing

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which is processed at a plant in Atencingo.

Notable People

* Alfonso Castillo Orta (1944-2009), potter *

Ángel Maturino Reséndiz Angel Maturino Reséndiz (August 1, 1960 – June 27, 2006), also known as The Railroad Killer, was a Mexican itinerant serial killer suspected in as many as 23 murders across the United States and Mexico during the 1990s. Some also involved sex ...

(1959-2006), serial killer * Paulina Ana María Zapata Portillo (1915-2010), suffragist

References

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Puebla
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

Gobierno Municipal de Izúcar de Matamoros
Official website
www.IzucardeMatamoros.info
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