Place:Tepalcingo, Morelos, Mexico

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NameTepalcingo
TypeCity
Coordinates18.433°N 98.3°W
Located inMorelos, Mexico
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Tepalcingo is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos. It at . The name Nahuatl root tekpa-tl (flint), tzintli (saves honor), tzinco (back of an individual), so in sum it means tekpatzinko "down or behind the flints".[1]

Tepalcingo limits to the north with Ayala and Jonacatepec; to the south with Tlaquiltenango and the State of Puebla; to the east with Axochiapan and Jonacatepec; to the west with Ayala and Tlaquiltenango. It is 1,160 meters (3,806 ft.) above sea level.

The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. It reported 27,187 inhabitants in the 2015 census.

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