Yecapixtla

Yecapixtla, referred to locally as Yeca, is a historic town in the mountainous state of . It is best known for its huge 16th century monastery, which is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Town with 16,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,590 metres (5,217 feet)
  • Description: municipality in the State of Morelos, Mexico
  • Also known as
    “Yacapitztla”
    “Yecapixilac”
    “Yecapixtla Municipality”

Yecapixtla

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Latitude
18.8815° or 18° 52′ 54″ north
Longitude
-98.862° or 98° 51′ 43″ west
UN/LOCODE
MX YZX
Open location code
76C3V4JQ+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Yecapixtla” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “conceyu de Yecapixtla”
  • Asturian: “Yecapixtla (conceyu de Méxicu)”
  • Asturian: “Yecapixtla (Morelos, Méxicu)”
  • Asturian: “Yecapixtla”
  • Basque: “Yecapixtla (udalerria)”
  • Basque: “Yecapixtla”
  • Catalan: “Yecapixtla”
  • Cebuano: “Yecapixtla”
  • Chechen: “Экапистла”
  • Dutch: “Yecapixtla”
  • Esperanto: “Yecapixtla”
  • French: “Yecapixtla”
  • German: “Municipio Yecapixtla”
  • German: “Yecapixtla”
  • Italian: “Yecapixtla”
  • Japanese: “イェカピクストラ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yecapixtla”
  • Portuguese: “Yecapixtla”
  • Russian: “Екапистла”
  • Russian: “Екапихтла”
  • Russian: “Йекапикстла”
  • Serbian: “Општина Јекапистла”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Yecapixtla, Morelos”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Yecapixtla”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Yecapixtla”
  • Spanish: “Yecapixtla”
  • Swedish: “Yecapixtla”
  • Tatar: “Экапистла муниципалитеты”
  • Turkish: “Yecapixtla (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Yecapixtla”
  • Urdu: “یے کاپیکسٹلا”
  • Vietnamese: “Yecapixtla”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Yecapixtla”

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