Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, Tlaxcallān ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipaliti ...

is a

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in Central

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that is divided into 60

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. According to the 2020 Mexican

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, it is the fifth least populated state with inhabitants and the 2nd smallest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Tlaxcala are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917

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. Every three years, citizens elect a

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(Spanish: ''presidente municipal'') by a

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system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (''ayuntamiento'') responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (''regidores y síndicos''). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income. The largest municipality by population is

, with 99,896 residents (7.43% of the state total), while the smallest is San Lucas Tecopilco with 3,077 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Tlaxco which spans , and the smallest is San Lorenzo Axocomanitla with . 16 new municipalities were created in 1995, the most recent being

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, established in October 9 of that year.

Municipalities

File:Ayuntamiento_de_la_Cd._de_Tlaxcala.JPG, alt=City Hall, Tlaxcala,

, capital and largest municipality by population in Tlaxcala. File:Tapetehuamantla.jpg, alt=Street art, Huamantla, Huamantla, second largest municipality by population. File:Capilla de Santiago, San Pablo del Monte, Tlaxcala.jpg, alt=Santiago Chapel, San Pablo del Monte,

San Pablo del Monte San Pablo del Monte is a municipality in Tlaxcala in south-eastern Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United Stat ...

, third largest municipality by population. File:Maquinita.JPG, alt=La Maquinita, Apizaco,

Apizaco Apizaco is a city in Apizaco Municipality located near the geographic center of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, approximately 25 minutes by car from the state's capital city of Tlaxcala. The city gets its name from the Nahuatl language words "ā ...

, fourth largest municipality by population.

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