Central Plateau

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is a city in the Mexican state of , situated at an elevation of about 1,500 m. is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name, located in the northern part of the state, on the border with the southwestern corner of .

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Central Plateau

  • Type: Mountain range
  • Description: arid-to-semiarid plateau across northern and central Mexico
  • Also known as: “Altiplanicie Mexicana”, “Central Mexican Plateau”, “Central Plateau (Altiplano)”, “Gran Altiplanicie Mexicana”, “Gran Meseta Mexicana”, “Meseta de México”, “Mexican Altiplano”, “Mexican Plateau”, and “Plateau of Mexico”
  • Category: plateau
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
23° north
Longitude of center
-102° or 102° west
Elevation
1,858 metres (6,096 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5216084021
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
3996067
Wiki­data ID
Q1753873
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Central Plateau” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մեքսիկական բարձրավանդակ”
  • Basque: “Mexikoko goi-lautada”
  • Belarusian: “Мексіканскае нагор’е”
  • Belarusian: “Мэксыканскае нагор’е”
  • Belarusian: “Мэксыканскае плято”
  • Bulgarian: “Мексиканска планинска земя”
  • Bulgarian: “Мексиканско плато”
  • Catalan: “Altiplà de Mèxic”
  • Catalan: “Altiplà Mexicà”
  • Cebuano: “Mexican Plateau”
  • Chinese: “墨西哥高原”
  • Czech: “Mexická plošina”
  • Czech: “Mexická vysočina”
  • Dutch: “Altiplanicie Mexicana”
  • Dutch: “Hoogland van Mexico”
  • Dutch: “Mexicaanse hoogvlakte”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الهضبه المكسيكيه”
  • Esperanto: “Meksika Altebenaĵo”
  • Estonian: “Mehhiko kiltmaa”
  • French: “Plateau mexicain”
  • Galician: “Altiplano Mexicano”
  • Georgian: “მექსიკის ზეგანი”
  • Georgian: “მექსიკის მთიანეთი”
  • German: “Hochland von Mexiko”
  • German: “mexikanische Hochebene”
  • Hindi: “मैक्सिको का पठार”
  • Hungarian: “Mexikói-fennsík”
  • Icelandic: “Mexíkóhásléttan”
  • Indonesian: “Dataran Tinggi Meksiko”
  • Italian: “altopiano messicano”
  • Italian: “Altopiano messicano”
  • Japanese: “メキシコ中央台地”
  • Japanese: “メキシコ高原”
  • Kirghiz: “Мексика тайпак тоосу”
  • Korean: “멕시코 고원”
  • Lithuanian: “Meksikos Altiplanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Meksikos kalnynas”
  • Lithuanian: “Meksikos plokščiakalnis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det meksikanske platået”
  • Persian: “فلات مکزیک”
  • Polish: “Wyżyna Meksykańska”
  • Portuguese: “Altiplanura Mexicana”
  • Portuguese: “Planalto Mexicano”
  • Russian: “Мексиканское нагорье”
  • Serbian: “Meksička visoravan”
  • Serbian: “Мексичка висораван”
  • Slovak: “Mexická plošina”
  • Slovenian: “Mehiška planota”
  • Slovenian: “Mehiška visoka planota”
  • Slovenian: “Mehiško višavje”
  • Spanish: “Altiplanicie Mexicana”
  • Spanish: “Mesa Central”
  • Spanish: “Mesa del Centro”
  • Swedish: “Mexican Plateau”
  • Swedish: “Mexikanska platån”
  • Tamil: “மெக்சிகன் பீடபூமி”
  • Ukrainian: “Мексиканське нагір’я”
  • Uzbek: “Meksika togʻligi”
  • Venetian: “Altipian messicano”
  • Welsh: “Llwyfandir Mecsico”
  • Western Frisian: “Heechlân fan Meksiko”

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