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Coyotepec_Municipality,_State_of_Mexico Latitude and Longitude:

19°45′0″N 99°10′16″W / 19.75000°N 99.17111°W / 19.75000; -99.17111
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Coyotepec
Coat of arms of Coyotepec
Coyotepec is located in State of Mexico
Coyotepec
Coyotepec
Location of the municipality in Mexico State
Coyotepec is located in Mexico
Coyotepec
Coyotepec
Coyotepec (Mexico)
Coordinates: 19°45′0″N 99°10′16″W / 19.75000°N 99.17111°W / 19.75000; -99.17111
Country  Mexico
State State of Mexico
Area
 • Total12.30 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total39,341
Time zone UTC-6 ( Central Standard Time)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC-5 ( Central Daylight Time)

Coyotepec is a municipality in State of Mexico, Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 12.30 km² and, in 2005, had a total population of 39,341. [1]

The name comes from the Nahuatl coyotl (coyote) and tepetl (hill), with the locative suffix c: thus, "hill of the coyote" or "place of coyotes". [2]

References

  1. ^ "Coyotepec". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 25, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  2. ^ "Nomenclatura". Municipio de Coyotepec.