Tolimán ( otq, Ntolimä) is the seat of
Tolimán Municipality 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 ...
of
Querétaro
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...
. Its name comes 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 ...
word ''tolimani'', meaning ''place where the tule tree is picked up''.
See also
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Gudiños Gudiños is a small town in the state of Querétaro, Mexico, located between the towns of Colón and Tolimán. The town has 400 inhabitants and a 7000-acre (28 km²) ranch and hacienda
An ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or ''fi ...
Populated places in Querétaro
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