Tlaxcala

Tlaxcala is the capital of the state of . The city still has many of its old colonial structures including the former Franciscan monastery, as well as newer civic structures such as the Xicohtencatl Theatre. It was home to 90,000 people in 2010.
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  • Type: Locality with 84,700 residents
  • Description: capital of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala
  • Also known as: Tlaxcala City”, “Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl”, “Tlaxcala de Xicotencatl”, and “Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Tlahuicole.

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
The is a multi-use stadium in Tlaxcala City, , Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium for Tlaxcala F.C.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ocotlán.

Town
is a city in the Mexican state of , located in the centre of that state within the conurbation of the state capital, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl.

Tlaxcala

Latitude
19.3178° or 19° 19′ 4″ north
Longitude
-98.2385° or 98° 14′ 19″ west
Population
84,700
Elevation
2,236 metres (7,336 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MX TXL
Open location code
76F38Q96+4J
Geo­Names ID
3815415
Wiki­data ID
Q689987
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Tlaxcala” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Afrikaans: Tlaxcala
  • Asturian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Asturian: Tlaxcala
  • Basque: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Basque: Tlaxcala
  • Belarusian: Тласкала-дэ-Хікатэнкатль
  • Belarusian: Тляскала-дэ-Хікотэнкатль
  • Belarusian: Тляскала
  • Breton: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Breton: Tlaxcala
  • Bulgarian: Тласкала
  • Catalan: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Catalan: Tlaxcala
  • Cebuano: Tlaxcala de Xicohtencatl
  • Chinese: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Chinese: 特拉克斯特拉城
  • Chinese: 特拉斯卡拉
  • Croatian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Croatian: Tlaxcala
  • Czech: Tlaxcala (město)
  • Czech: Tlaxcala
  • Danish: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Danish: Tlaxcala
  • Dutch: San Pedro Tututepec
  • Dutch: Tlaxcala de Xicohtencatl, Tlaxcala
  • Dutch: Tlaxcala de Xicohtencatl
  • Dutch: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Dutch: Tlaxcala de Xicotencatl
  • Dutch: Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl
  • Dutch: Tlaxcala
  • Esperanto: Tlaxcala (urbo)
  • Esperanto: Tlaxcala
  • Estonian: Tlaxcala de Xicohtencatl
  • Estonian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Estonian: Tlaxcala
  • Finnish: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Finnish: Tlaxcala
  • French: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • French: Tlaxcala
  • French: Tlaxcalan
  • French: Tlaxcalans
  • French: Tlaxcaltèque
  • Galician: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Galician: Tlaxcala
  • Georgian: ტლასკალა
  • German: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • German: Tlaxcala
  • German: Tlaxcallan
  • Greek: Τλαξκάλα (πόλη)
  • Greek: Τλαξκάλα
  • Hebrew: טלקסקלה
  • Hungarian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Hungarian: Tlaxcala
  • Icelandic: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Icelandic: Tlaxcala
  • Iloko: Siudad ti Tlaxcala
  • Iloko: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Iloko: Tlaxcala de Xicotencatl
  • Iloko: Tlaxcala
  • Indonesian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Indonesian: Tlaxcala
  • Irish: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Irish: Tlaxcala
  • Italian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Italian: Tlaxcala
  • Japanese: トラスカラ・デ・シコテンカトル
  • Javanese: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Javanese: Tlaxcala
  • Korean: 틀락스칼라
  • Korean: 틀락스칼라데시코텡카틀
  • Ladino: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Ladino: Tlaxcala
  • Ladino: Tlaxkala de Xicohténcatl
  • Latin: Tlaxcala
  • Latvian: Tlaskala de Šikotenkatla
  • Lithuanian: Tlaskala
  • Lombard: Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl
  • Lombard: Tlaxcala
  • Low German: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Low German: Tlaxcala
  • Lower Sorbian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Lower Sorbian: Tlaxcala
  • Luxembourgish: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Luxembourgish: Tlaxcala
  • Malay: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Malay: Tlaxcala
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Moksha: Тласкала дэ Хикотэнкатль
  • Northern Frisian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Northern Frisian: Tlaxcala
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tlaxcala de Xicohtencatl
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tlaxcala
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tlaxcala
  • Norwegian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Occitan (post 1500): Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Occitan (post 1500): Tlaxcala
  • Pennsylvania German: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Pennsylvania German: Tlaxcala
  • Persian: تلاسکالا سیتی
  • Polish: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Polish: Tlaxcala
  • Portuguese: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Portuguese: Tlaxcala
  • Quechua: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Quechua: Tlaxcala
  • Romanian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Romanian: Tlaxcala
  • Russian: Тласкала-де-Хикотенкатль
  • Russian: Тласкала
  • Sardinian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Sardinian: Trascala de Tzicohtèncatl
  • Saterfriesisch: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Saterfriesisch: Tlaxcala
  • Scots: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Scots: Tlaxcala
  • Serbian: Тласкала де Сикотенкатл
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opština Tlaxcala
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tlaxcala de Xicohtencatl, Tlaxcala
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tlaxcala de Xicohtencatl
  • Slovenian: Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl
  • Slovenian: Tlaxcala
  • Slovenian: Tlaxcallan
  • Spanish: Tlaxcala de Xicohtencatl
  • Spanish: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Spanish: Tlaxcala Tlaxcala
  • Spanish: Tlaxcala
  • Swahili: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Swahili: Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala
  • Swahili: Tlaxcala
  • Swedish: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Swedish: Tlaxcala
  • Tagalog: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Tagalog: Tlaxcala
  • Turkish: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Turkish: Tlaxcala
  • Ukrainian: Тласкала-де-Хікотенкатль
  • Ukrainian: Тласкала
  • Upper Sorbian: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Upper Sorbian: Tlaxcala
  • Urdu: تلاکسکالا شہر
  • Vietnamese: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Vietnamese: Tlaxcala
  • Waray (Philippines): Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Waray (Philippines): Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala
  • Waray (Philippines): Tlaxcala
  • Yoruba: Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl
  • Yoruba: Tlaxcala
  • Tlaxkallan
  • Tlaxkallan Altepetl
  • Tlaxkallan Xikohtenkatl

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Tlaxcala”. Photo: Cessvilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.