Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality | |
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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) |
Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico. [1]
The seat is Ciudad Serdán.
The 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]
18°59′00″N 97°27′00″W / 18.9833°N 97.4500°W