Tlaxcala
Tlaxcala is the smallest state in Mexico, just east of the Federal District and Mexico City. It's an excellent destination for foreign travelers who want to see the "real Mexico", far from the crowds on packaged tours heading for dull all-inclusive resorts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tlaxcala and Huamantla.
Tlaxcala
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Tlaxcala is the capital of the state of Tlaxcala. 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.
Huamantla
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Huamantla is a scenic small city in the Central Mexican state of Tlaxcala, known for bullfighting. Huamantla is a popular weekend destination among residents of Mexico City who come for the colonial downtown area and the variety of cultural events, including…
Cacaxtla
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Cacaxtla is an archaeological site in the southern region of Tlaxcala, Mexico. The site was built and occupied by the Olmeca-Xicallanca people, a Mayan population.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Zacatelco and Apizaco.
Zacatelco
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Zacatelco is a city and municipal seat of the Zacatelco municipality located in the south of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. According to the 2010 population census conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, the city has a population of 38,466 people, it is the sixth most populous city in the state and is part of the Metropolitan area of Puebla.
Apizaco
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Apizaco is a bustling commercial town of 82,000 people in Tlaxcala state. Apizaco's not scenic or tourist-oriented, and its main interest for travellers is likely to be as a jumping-off place for climbing the volcano La Malinche.
Chiautempan
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Chiautempan is a small city of about 53,000 residents in the state of Tlaxcala in Central Mexico. The city is also known as Santa Ana Chiautempan, or most commonly, Santa Ana.
Calpulalpan
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Calpulalpan is a small city of about 33,000 people in the northern region of Tlaxcala. It is a scenic town known for its ancient ruins and its natural areas that include a forest sanctuary for wildlife.
Xochitécatl
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Xochitécatl is an archaeological site in the state of Tlaxcala in Central Mexico. It is a ceremonial site that was used over a 3,000 year time span. Visitors should visit this site together with nearby Cacaxtla.
Tlaxco
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Tlaxco is a town in the northern part of Tlaxcala, Mexico. The town was selected as one of Mexico's Pueblos Magicos for its scenic setting, lying between mountains, forests, and plains covered with maguey. It is noted for its churches and haciendas.
Ixtenco
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Ixtenco is a small, historic town with a rich Otomi indigenous heritage in the Central Mexico state of Tlaxcala. The town has an idyllic colonial core with 16th century churches, cobblestone streets, and a colorful main plaza.
Tlaxcala
- Type: State with 1,340,000 residents
- Description: state of Mexico
- Also known as: “Estado de Tlaxcala” and “Tlax.”
- Neighbors: Hidalgo, Mexico State, and Puebla
- Categories: state of Mexico and locality
- Location: Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude of center
19.4167° or 19° 25′ northLongitude of center
-98.1667° or 98° 10′ westPopulation
1,340,000Elevation
2,425 metres (7,956 feet)Abbreviation
“TLA”Abbreviation
“Tlax”OpenStreetMap ID
node 305626645OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Tlaxcala” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Tlaxcala”
- Arabic: “ولاية تلاكسكالا”
- Arabic: “ولايه تلاكسكالا”
- Aragonese: “Tlaxcala”
- Armenian: “Տլասկալա”
- Aymara: “Tlaxcala Istadu”
- Basque: “Tlaxcala”
- Belarusian: “Тласкала”
- Belarusian: “Тляскаля”
- Belarusian: “Штат Тласкала”
- Bengali: “ত্লাক্সকালা”
- Breton: “Tlaxcala”
- Bulgarian: “Тласкала”
- Bulgarian: “Тлахкала”
- Catalan: “Estat de Tlaxcala”
- Catalan: “Tlaxcalteques”
- Cebuano: “Estado de Tlaxcala”
- Chechen: “Тласкала (штат)”
- Chechen: “Тласкала”
- Cherokee: “ᏝᏍᎧᎳ”
- Cheyenne: “Tlaxcala”
- Chinese: “Tlaxcala Chiu”
- Chinese: “特拉克斯卡拉”
- Chinese: “特拉斯卡拉”
- Chinese: “特拉斯卡拉州”
- Cornish: “Tlaxcala”
- Croatian: “Tlaxcala”
- Czech: “Tlaxcala”
- Danish: “Tlaxcala”
- Dutch: “Tlaxcala”
- Esperanto: “Tlakskalo”
- Esperanto: “Tlaxcala”
- Estonian: “Tlaxcala osariik”
- Finnish: “Tlaxcala”
- French: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala”
- French: “Etat de Tlaxcala”
- French: “État du Tlaxcala”
- French: “MX-TLA”
- French: “Tlaxcala”
- Galician: “Estado de Tlaxcala”
- Georgian: “ტლასკალა”
- Georgian: “ტლასკალის შტატი”
- German: “MX-TLA”
- German: “Tlaxcala”
- Greek: “Τλαξκάλα”
- Guarani: “Tlaxcala”
- Gujarati: “ત્લાક્સ્કાલા”
- Hausa: “Tlaxcala”
- Hebrew: “טלקסקלה”
- Hindi: “लैक्सकाला”
- Hungarian: “Tlaxcala”
- Icelandic: “Tlaxcala”
- Iloko: “Tlaxcala”
- Indonesian: “Tlaxcala”
- Interlingua: “Tlaxcala”
- Irish: “Tlaxcala”
- Italian: “Tlaxcala”
- Italian: “Tlaxcalan”
- Japanese: “トゥラスカーラ州”
- Japanese: “トラスカラ州”
- Kannada: “ಟಿಲಾಕ್ಸ್ಕಾಲಾ”
- Korean: “틀락스칼라주”
- Ladino: “Tlaxcala”
- Ladino: “Tlaxkala”
- Latin: “Tlascala”
- Latin: “Tlaxcala”
- Latvian: “Tlaskala”
- Lithuanian: “Tlaskala”
- Lithuanian: “Tlaskalos valstija”
- Macedonian: “Тласкала”
- Malagasy: “Tlaxcala”
- Malay: “Tlaxcala”
- Marathi: “त्लाक्स्काला”
- Marathi: “त्लास्काला”
- Marathi: “त्लाह्काला”
- Mazanderani: “تلاسکالا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tlaxcala Chiu”
- Northern Frisian: “Tlaxcala (Bundesstoot)”
- Northern Frisian: “Tlaxcala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tlaxcala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Delstaten Tlaxcala”
- Norwegian: “Tlaxcala”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tlaxcala”
- Ossetian: “Тласкалæ (штат)”
- Ossetian: “Тласкалæ”
- Pampanga: “Tlaxcala”
- Persian: “تلاسکالا”
- Piemontese: “Tlaxcala”
- Polish: “Tlaxcala”
- Portuguese: “Estado de Tlaxcala”
- Portuguese: “Tlaxcala”
- Quechua: “Tlaxcala suyu”
- Romanian: “Tlaxcala”
- Romansh: “Tlaxcala”
- Russian: “Тласкала”
- Sardinian: “Tlaxcala”
- Sardinian: “Trascala”
- Scots: “Tlaxcala”
- Serbian: “Estado de Tlaxcala”
- Serbian: “Држава Тласкала”
- Serbian: “Тласкала”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Država Tlaskala”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tlaxcala”
- Sinhala: “ටලැක්ස්කාලා ප්රාන්තය, මෙක්සිකෝව”
- Sinhala: “ට්ලක්ස්කලා”
- Slovak: “Tlaxcala”
- Slovenian: “Estado de Tlaxcala”
- Slovenian: “MX-TLA”
- Slovenian: “Tlaxcala”
- Slovenian: “Zvezna država Tlaxcala”
- Spanish: “Estado de Tlaxcala”
- Spanish: “República de Tlaxcala”
- Spanish: “Tlaxcala”
- Spanish: “Tlaxcallan”
- Swahili: “Tlaxcala”
- Swedish: “Tlaxcala”
- Tagalog: “Tlaxcala”
- Tajik: “Иёлати Тласкала”
- Tamil: “ட்லஸ்க்கால”
- Tatar: “Тласкала”
- Telugu: “ట్లాక్సికాలా”
- Thai: “Tlaxcala”
- Thai: “รัฐตลัซกาลา”
- Tumbuka: “Tlaxcala”
- Turkish: “Tlaxcala”
- Ukrainian: “Тласкала”
- Ukrainian: “Тлашкала”
- Urdu: “تلاکسکالا”
- Uzbek: “Tlaskala”
- Venetian: “Tlaxcala (stato)”
- Venetian: “Tlaxcala”
- Vietnamese: “Tlaxcala”
- Waray (Philippines): “Tlaxcala”
- Welsh: “Tlaxcala”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹلاکسالا”
- Wu Chinese: “特拉斯卡拉州”
- Yue Chinese: “特拉斯卡拉州”
- “Tlaxcala”
- “Tlaxcallan”
- “Tlaxcallān”
- “Tlaxcaltēcah”
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