Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico.[1]
Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of the municipality in Puebla | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Puebla |
| Area | |
| • Total | 364.85 km2 (140.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 43,882 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
The seat is Ciudad Serdán.
Etymology
editThe name of the municipality is of Nahuatl origin and comes from the words chalchihuitl, meaning "turquoise," and xomulli, loosely translated as "hollow" or "nook".[2]
References
edit- ^ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on April 5, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
- ^ de Molina, Alonso (1555). Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana (in Spanish). p. 161.
18°59′00″N 97°27′00″W / 18.9833°N 97.4500°W
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