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Tlaxcala is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. This article is about the state. For the city, see: Tlaxcala.
Tlaxcala is a state in Mexico, located to the east of Mexico City.
Tlaxcala is bordered to the west by the state of México, to the northwest by Hidalgo, and to the north, east, and south by Puebla.
The state consists of 60 municipalites.
It covers an area or 4,037 km² and is thus the smallest of Mexico's states. According to the 2000 census, Tlaxcala had a population of some 962,000 (51.2% female and 48.8% male).
The state's main exports are textileThis article is about the type of fabric. Textile is also a jargon term used by naturists or nudists to describe a person who wears clothes, and also the property that nudity is not allowed, e. in "textile beach", "textile campsite", etc. A textile is anys, chemicalA chemical is any substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. A chemical element is a substance that cannot be ds, and pharmaceuticals.
The state governor, serving from 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting to 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, is Alfonso Abraham Sánchez Anaya of the PRD, representing an alliance between the PRD and the Green Ecological Party of Mexico (PVEM) and Labour Party (PT).
The state capital is the city of Tlaxcala, a small provincial center that reported a population of 73,184 in the 2000 census.
The city was founded in 1520 by Hernán Cortés. It is located at 19.31° N, 98.24° W.
Also in the state of Tlaxcala are the cities of Apizaco, Calpulapan, Chiautempan, Huamantla, and the pre-Columbian ruins of Cacaxtla and Xochitécatl .
Tlaxcala was an independent nation in pre-Columbian times, never conquered by the Aztecs.
The assistance of the Tlaxcaltecas was of instrumental importance to Hernán Cortés in his conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century.
The name "Tlaxcala" means "Place of Maize Corn Bread".
