Calpulalpan officially as Heroic City of Calpulalpan,[3] is a Mexican city, head and main urban center of the homonymous municipality, located to the west of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. With 33 263 inhabitants in 2010 according to the population and housing census conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), is the sixth most populous city in the state. It has an estimated population of 37,752 inhabitants for 2017, according to the National Population Council (CONAPO).

Calpulalpan
Parish of San Antonio de Padua
Parish of San Antonio de Padua
Official seal of Calpulalpan
Nicknames: 
Spanish: La puerta grande de Tlaxcala
(transl. The big door of Tlaxcala)
Calpulalpan is located in Mexico
Calpulalpan
Calpulalpan
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°35′13″N 98°34′06″W / 19.58694°N 98.56833°W / 19.58694; -98.56833
Country Mexico
State Tlaxcala
MunicipalityCalpulalpan
Foundation1608
Government
 • MayorNeptalí Gutiérrez
Area
 • Total9.98 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Elevation
2,591 m (8,501 ft)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total33,263
 • Estimate 
(2015[2])
37,752
 • Demonym
Calpulalpense
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code749

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References edit

  1. ^ "Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER)" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Datos de proyecciones". CONAPO. Archived from the original on 2015-07-18. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ Declara Congreso de Tlaxcala a Calpulalpan como “Heroica Ciudad” Archived 2017-09-09 at the Wayback Machine Consultado el 18 de julio de 2017
  4. ^ "hermanamiento de calpulalpan". e-tlaxcala. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

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