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About Xoxocotla
Xoxocotla () is a town located in the southern part of the state of Morelos, about 30 km south of the state capital Cuernavaca. The name comes from the Nahuatl language, Xoxo-oco-tlan: “place where there are green pines". Formerly part of Puente de Ixtla, it became its own indigenous municipality on 1 January 2019. It recorded a population of 21,074 inhabitants in the 2010 Mexican census.
From the Wikipedia article Xoxocotla, Morelos (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Puente de Ixtla was established as a municipality in 1869, and on July 12, 1871, it annexed Xoxocotla, Tehuixtla, and the hacienda of San José. Later Xoxocotla became part of the municipality of Jojutla.
Xoxocotla had to be evacuated in 1913–1914 due to fighting during the Mexican Revolution.
In 2010 the Pueblos Mágicos ("Magical Towns") program was created to promote tourism in certain states and municipalities of the country. Puente de Ixtla did not qualify for the program, but in 2018 Morelos set up its own promotional program called Pueblos con Encanto ("Charmed Towns") including Puente de Ixtla (and by extension, Xococotla).
The Third Indigenous Book Fair took place in Xoxocotla on February 18, 2016. Poet Arnulfo Soriano of Xoxocotla presented a book of poems. Xoxocotla and Santa Ana Tlacotenco, Milpa Alta, were declared Sister Cities.
From the History section of Xoxocotla, Morelos on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
General Mariano Matamoros International Airport (CVJ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 17 km away.
- Cuernavaca 27 km north, about 27 min by car
- Cuautla 34 km northeast, about 34 min by car
- Taxco de Alarcón 40 km west, about 40 min by car
- Iguala de la Independencia 49 km southwest, about 49 min by car
- Santiago Tianguistenco de Galeana 60 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Xochimilco 65 km north, about 1 h by car
- Tlalpan 68 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias 74 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Toluca 79 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Mexico City 84 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car
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