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 Nahuas, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller popul ...

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

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

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Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl Tlaxcala, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala, is one of the 32 federal entities that comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipalities and the capital city and the largest city is Tlaxcala de Xico ...

. 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 Pop ...

, a 1541

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, 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

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: 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