Tequexquinahuac belongs to the municipality of

Texcoco de Mora Texcoco de Mora () is a city located in the State of Mexico, 25 km northeast of Mexico City. Texcoco de Mora is the municipal seat of the municipality of Texcoco. In the pre-Hispanic era, this was a major Aztec city on the shores of Lak ...

in the

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. Tequexquinahuac is a neighborhood of approximately 2,000 inhabitants that is situated in the metropolitan zone of

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

, to the Oriente of the de la Ciudad de México (borough)of lago de Texcoco. Tequexquinahuac has changed from a common town to being an important region between lago de Texcoco (one of the most important industrialized municipalities in the state of Mexico) and Mexico City. As such, it is a clear example of the urbanization that has been taking place in Mexico in the last 80 years. Currently it is a common urban zone of the

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Populated places in the State of Mexico Tlalnepantla de Baz {{México-geo-stub