Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

This article is about the Mexican city Tlaxcala, capital of the state of Tlaxcala. For other uses see Tlaxcala (disambiguation).

Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl
—  City  —
Open chapel of the former convent of San Francisco in Tlaxcala
Founded	1520
Founder	Hernán Cortés
Capital of	Tlaxcala

The city of Tlaxcala (in full, Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl) is the capital and chief center of population of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. The city is located at 19°31′N 98°24′W in the south-central portion of the state. In the census of 2005 the city had a population of 15,777 inhabitants and was by far the smallest state capital in Mexico. It is only the tenth-largest city in the state of Tlaxcala. The city is the municipal seat of its surrounding municipality of Tlaxcala, which had a population of 83,748. The municipality has an area of 41.61 km² (16.066 sq mi) and includes several other communities, the largest of which are Ocotlán, Santa María Acuitlapilco, and San Gabriel Cuauhtla. The city of Tlaxcala is not even the largest within its own municipality, since Ocotlán, with a population of 22,082, is larger than Tlaxcala.

The city, though originally settled by native peoples, was officially "founded" in 1520 by Hernán Cortés – with whom they had an alliance against their former Aztec oppressors.

Partnership

Tlaxcala has a partner city, it is the city of Salé, in Morocco.

References

• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
• Tlaxcala Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México