San Francisco Xonacatlán is a town in the
State of Mexico
The State of Mexico, officially just Mexico, is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Colloquially known as Edomex (from , the abbreviation of , and ), to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is the mo ...
. Colonia San Francisco Xonacatlán de Vicencio is located in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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of
Xonacatlán
Xonacatlán () is one of 125 municipalities in Mexico State in Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 32.87 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 45,274.
Colonia San Francisco Xonacatlán de Vicencio is located i ...
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Its area code is 719; its postal code is 52060.
Its land title was established in the Codex of San Francisco Xonacatlán, which describes the pre-Columbian and colonial history of the town, and details of its land boundaries. Viceroy
Antonio de Mendoza
Antonio de Mendoza (1495 – 21 July 1552) was a Spanish colonial administrator who was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from 14 November 1535 to 25 November 1550, and the second viceroy of Peru, from 23 September 1551, until his d ...
granted lands to the town in 1528. The codex is "one of the most complete of the Techialoyan corpus of manuscripts and paintings in terms of content".
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Xonacatlán
Xonacatlán () is one of 125 municipalities in Mexico State in Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 32.87 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 45,274.
Colonia San Francisco Xonacatlán de Vicencio is located i ...
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Populated places in the State of Mexico
Xonacatlán
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