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") may refer to:
Languages
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Ocotlán Zapotec
Ocotlán Zapotec (San Antonio Ocotlán Zapotec, ''Ocotlán Oeste Zapotec,''That is, Western Ocotlan Zapotec. Eastern Ocotlan Zapotec is Chichicapan Zapotec. ''Zapoteco del Poniente de Ocotlán)'' is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico
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, Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico
Places in Mexico
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Ocotlán, Jalisco
Ocotlán is a city and municipality in Jalisco, Mexico. Its industry includes furniture production. Is the seat of the Región Ciénega.
Etymology
''Ocotlán'' means "near the pines" or "place of the ocote (pines)". Ocote is from Nahuatl ''ocō ...
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Battle of Ocotlán (1924)
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force c ...
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Ocotlán de Morelos
Ocotlán de Morelos is a town and Municipalities of Oaxaca, municipality in the state of Oaxaca, about 35 km south of the center of the city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca along Highway 175.
It is part of the Ocotlán District, Oaxaca, Ocotlán Di ...
(Oaxaca)
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Ocotlán de Juárez Ocotlán (from the Nahuatl ''ocotl'' ("pine tree"), meaning "place of pines") may refer to:
Languages
*Ocotlán Zapotec, Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico
Places in Mexico
*Ocotlán, Jalisco
:*Battle of Ocotlán (1924)
*Ocotlán de Morelos (Oaxa ...
(Oaxaca)
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Ocotlán District
Ocotlán District is located in the south of the Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, Valles Centrales Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Municipalities
The district includes the following municipalities:
* Asunción Ocotlán
* Magdalena Ocotlán
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(Oaxaca)
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Asunción Ocotlán
Asunción Ocotlán is a town and municipalities of Oaxaca, municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico.
Etymology
Its name "Asunción" alludes the assumption of Mary and Ocotlán means between ocotes -Oco (ocote) and tlan (between) in Nahuatl ...
(Oaxaca)
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Magdalena Ocotlán
Magdalena Ocotlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 24.24 km².
It is part of the Ocotlán District
Ocotlán District is located in the south of the Valles Centrales de Oaxac ...
(Oaxaca)
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San Dionisio Ocotlán
San Dionisio Ocotlan is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 20.41 km2. It is part of the Ocotlán District in the south of the Valles Centrales Region.
The town was founded by the Spa ...
(Oaxaca)
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San Francisco de Ocotlán (Puebla)
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Ocotlán, Tlaxcala
Ocotlán (from the Nahuatl ''ocotl'' ("pine tree"), meaning "place of pines") is a city in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, located in the centre of that state within the conurbation of the List of capitals in Mexico, state capital, Tlaxcala de Xicoh ...
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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 ...
, Marian apparition in 1541
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Battle of Ocotlán (1856)
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force c ...
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San Pedro Ocotlán
San Pedro Ocotlán is a town in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is one of the smaller settlements in the municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self ...
(Zacatecas)
Events
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2015 Ocotlán ambush
On 19 March 2015, a convoy of the National Gendarmerie, a subdivision of the Federal Police (Mexico), Mexican Federal Police (PF), was ambushed by gunmen of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a criminal group based in Jalisco, Mexico. Th ...
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