Place:Miacatlán, Morelos, Mexico

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NameMiacatlán
Alt namesMiacatlánsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates18.75°N 99.35°W
Located inMorelos, Mexico
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Miacatlán is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Miacatlán in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at .

To the north is the State of Mexico and the municipality of Temixco, to the south Puente de Ixtla, Mazatepec and Tetecala, to the east Xochitepec, and to the west Coatlán del Río and the State of Mexico. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 26,713 inhabitants in the 2015 census. 

 The altitude of Miacatlan is 1,054 meters above sea level and it covers 233,644.30 km2 of territory, and it is 40 km from Cuernavaca.[1]

The toponym Miacatlán comes from a Nahuatl name Mitl (arrow), and Acatl (rod or cane), and Tlan (place), and means "place of abundant reeds for arrows". This is probably in reference to the two lakes in the municipality, Coatetelco and El Rodeo.

The archaeological site of Coatetelco is also in Miacatlan.[2]

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