Izúcar de Matamoros is a city in
Izúcar de Matamoros Municipality located in the southwestern part of the
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
of
Puebla
Puebla, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its capital is Puebla City. Part of east-centr ...
. 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 km
2 (198.5 sq mi), and stands at 1100 m above sea level. Its largest other communities are the towns of
La Galarza and
San Juan Raboso. 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
Náhuatl 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
Mexican American War
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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
– N18.584 W98.399
Agriculture
The agriculture of the surrounding countryside is devoted to growing sugar cane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...
which is processed at a plant in Atencingo.
Notable people
* Alfonso Castillo Orta (1944-2009), potter
* Ángel Maturino Reséndiz (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
Pictures, videos, news and chat of Izucar de Matamoros
Populated places in Puebla
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