Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality
Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality | |
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 Location of the municipality in Puebla | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Puebla |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality is a municipality in Puebla in south-eastern Mexico.[1]
The seat is Ciudad Serdán.
Etymology[]
The name of the municipality is of Nahuatl origin and comes from the words chalchihuitl, meaning "turquoise," and xomulli, loosely translated as "hollow" or "nook".[2]
References[]
- ^ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on April 5, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
- ^ de Molina, Alonso (1555). Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana (in Spanish). p. 161.
Coordinates: 18°59′00″N 97°27′00″W / 18.9833°N 97.4500°W
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