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The Best Attractions In Miacatlan

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Miacatlán is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at 18°45′N 99°21′W. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 24,990 inhabitants in the year 2010 census. The toponym Miacatlán comes from a Nahuatl name and means place of abundant reeds for arrows. This is probably in reference to the two lakes in the municipality, Lake Coatetelco and Lake El Rodeo. Also in the municipality: archaeological site of Coatetelco and Xochicalco.
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  • 1. Xochicalco Miacatlan
    Xochicalco is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Miacatlán Municipality in the western part of the Mexican state of Morelos. The name Xochicalco may be translated from Nahuatl as in the house of Flowers. The site is located 38 km southwest of Cuernavaca, about 76 miles by road from Mexico City. The site is open to visitors all week, from 10 am to 5 pm, although access to the observatory is only allowed after noon. The apogee of Xochicalco came after the fall of Teotihuacan and it has been speculated that Xochicalco may have played a part in the fall of the Teotihuacan empire. The architecture and iconography of Xochicalco show affinities with Teotihuacan, the Maya area, and the Matlatzinca culture of the Toluca Valley. Today the residents of the nearby village of Cuentepec speak Nahua...
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  • 5. Paso de Cortes Amecameca
    The Paso de Cortés is the mountain pass or saddle between the Popocatépetl and Ixtaccíhuatl volcanoes in central México. It thus forms part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, and is a place where the normally southeast-tending continental divide heads north for over 10 miles. The altitude of the pass is about 3400 m. It is located in the Municipality of Amecameca in the State of Mexico.
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  • 7. Centro Ceremonial Otomi Temoaya
    Temoaya is a town and municipality in Mexico State, Mexico. It is located 18 kilometres from Toluca and 85 kilometres from Mexico City. It is known for its large ethnic Otomi population, the Centro Ceremonial Otomí and its tradition of making Persian style rugs using Mexican designs.The name “Temoaya” comes from the Nahuatl phrase “Temoayan” which means “place of descending.” The Aztec glyph which depicts the municipality shows footprints descending a mountain.
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