Ocotlán (from the

Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...

''ocotl'' ("pine tree"), meaning "place of pines") is a city in the

Mexican state The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...

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 ...

, located in the centre of that state within the conurbation of the state capital,

Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl Tlaxcala, officially Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl (), is the capital city of the Mexico, Mexican state of Tlaxcala and seat of the municipalities of Mexico, municipality of the same name. The city did not exist during the pre-Hispanic period but was l ...

. The , dedicated to the

Virgin of Ocotlán The Virgin of Ocotlán is a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ocotlán, Tlaxcala, Mexico. The Virgin of Ocotlán is the patron saint of Tlaxcala and the neighbouring state of Puebla. She was granted a decree of canonical coronation by ...

, a 1541 Marian apparition, is a site of Roman Catholic pilgrimage. In the 2005 INEGI census, Ocotlán reported a population of 22,082, making it the largest settlement in the

municipality 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 ...

: more populous even than the state capital, which reported 15,777. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER)
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Nuestra Señora de Ocotlán
''(México Desconocido)'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Ocotlan, Tlaxcala Populated places in Tlaxcala