San Salvador Atenco

San Salvador Atenco is the municipal seat of Atenco, in the state of . The name "Atenco" comes from a Nahuatl phrase meaning "place on the edge of water".
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  • Type: Town with 19,800 residents
  • Description: municipal seat of Atenco, State of México, Mexico
  • Also known as: Atenco

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tezoyuca Municipality and Texcoco.

Town
Photo: ArCaRa, CC BY 3.0.
Tezoyuca is a municipality in the in . The municipality covers an area of 10.9 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 25,372. is situated 4½ km north of San Salvador Atenco.

is a historic pre-Hispanic city in Estado de Mexico. Once part of the triple alliance of Aztec power in the central valley, the city declined quickly after the Spanish conquest and today is an unremarkable suburb of with few remains of its former greatness.

Town
Papalotla is a municipality in the in . The municipality covers an area of 3.59 km2. In 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3766. is situated 6 km east of San Salvador Atenco.

San Salvador Atenco

Latitude
19.55239° or 19° 33′ 9″ north
Longitude
-98.91636° or 98° 54′ 59″ west
Population
19,800
Elevation
2,250 metres (7,382 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MX SSA
Open location code
76F3H32M+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4893240257
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3517832
Wiki­data ID
Q1835597
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“San Salvador Atenco” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: San Salvador Atenco
  • Chechen: Сан Салвадор Атенко (Атенко)
  • Chechen: Сан Салвадор Атенко
  • Dutch: San Salvador Atenco
  • French: San Salvador Atenco
  • Italian: San Salvador Atenco
  • Norwegian Bokmål: San Salvador Atenco
  • Norwegian: San Salvador Atenco
  • Polish: San Salvador Atenco
  • Russian: Сан-Сальвадор-Атенко
  • Serbian: Сан Салвадор Атенко
  • Serbo-Croatian: San Salvador Atenco, México
  • Serbo-Croatian: San Salvador Atenco
  • Spanish: Atenco
  • Spanish: San Salvador Atenco
  • Swedish: San Salvador Atenco
  • Tatar: Сан Салвадор Атенко (Атенко)
  • Tatar: Сан Салвадор Атенко
  • Turkish: San Salvador Atenco
  • San Salvador Ātēnco

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Centro Cultural José Enrique Espinoza Suárez and Dirección de Seguridad Publica Atenco.

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