Ocotlán, Tlaxcala

Ocotlán
City
Basilica of Ocotlán
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Coordinates: 19°19′00″N 98°13′42″W / 19.31667°N 98.22833°W / 19.31667; -98.22833
Country	Mexico
State	Tlaxcala
Municipality	Tlaxcala
Elevation	2,280 m (7,480 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	22,082
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
Postal code	90100
Area code	246

Ocotlán (from the Nahuatl ocotl ("pine tree"), meaning "place of pines") is a city in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, located in the centre of that state within the conurbation of the state capital, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl.

The Basilica of Ocotlán [es], dedicated to the Virgin of Ocotlán, a 1541 Marian apparition, is a site of Roman Catholic pilgrimage.

In the 2005 INEGI census, Ocotlán reported a population of 22,082, making it the largest settlement in the municipality of Tlaxcala: more populous even than the state capital, which reported 15,777.^[1]

References

External links

• Nuestra Señora de Ocotlán (México Desconocido)

This page was last edited on 18 September 2023, at 17:59