Lake Texcoco
Lake Texcoco was a natural saline lake within the Anahuac or Valley of Mexico. Lake Texcoco is best known for an island situated on the western side of the lake where the Mexica built the city of Mēxihco Tenōchtitlan, which would later become the capital of the Aztec Empire.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Intermittent lake
- …has a surface elevation of 2,236 metres (7,336 feet)
- …is also known as “Lago de Texcoco”
- Description: former natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico
Places of Interest
Discover Ciudad Azteca metro station and Plaza Aragón metro station.
Ciudad Azteca metro station
Ciudad Azteca metro station is a station of the Mexico…
3½ km west of Lake Texcoco
Plaza Aragón metro station
Plaza Aragón metro station is a station of the Mexico…
3½ km west of Lake Texcoco
Olímpica metro station
Olímpica metro station is a station of the Mexico City…
4 km west of Lake Texcoco
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Texcoco Ecological Park and San Salvador Atenco.
San Salvador Atenco
San Salvador Atenco is the municipal seat of Atenco, in the Mexican state of Mexico.
9 km east of Lake Texcoco
Ecatepec
Ecatepec is a suburb of Mexico City, lying just across the state line in Mexico State.
Lake Texcoco
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Latitude
19.52545° or 19° 31′ 32″ north
Longitude
-98.99661° or 98° 59′ 48″ west
Open location code
76F3G2G3+59
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Lake Texcoco” goes by many names.
بحيرة تشكوكوArabic
TeskokoAzerbaijani
Teskoko gölüAzerbaijani
Texcoco aintziraBasque
ТэшкокаBelarusian
Llac de TexcocoCatalan
特斯科科湖Chinese
TexcocoCroatian
Texcoco (jezero)Croatian
Jezero TexcocoCzech
TexcocoCzech
Texcoco-søenDanish
TexcocomeerDutch
Lago TekskokoEsperanto
Texcoco järvEstonian
TexcocojärviFinnish
ტესკოკოGeorgian
ტესკოკოს ტბაGeorgian
Λίμνη ΤεξκόκοGreek
אגם טשקוקוHebrew
TexcocovatnIcelandic
Lago TexcocoIdo
Danau TexcocoIndonesian
Lago di TexcocoItalian
テスココ湖Japanese
텍스코코호Korean
TexcocomaerLimburgan
Teskoko ežerasLithuanian
ТекскокоMacedonian
TexcocosjøenNorwegian
TexcocosjøenNorwegian Bokmål
Lac TexcocoOccitan (post 1500)
دریاچه تشکوکوPersian
Lagh TexcocoPiemontese
TexcocoPolish
Lacul TexcocoRomanian
ТескокоRussian
ТокскокоRussian
jezero TexcocoSlovenian
TexcocoSlovenian
TexcocosjönSwedish
Texcoco GölüTurkish
ТескокоUkrainian
lago de TexcocoVenetian
Llyn TexcocoWelsh
特斯科科湖Wu Chinese
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Localities in the Area
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