Anahuac is an ancient name for a Mesoamerican, particularly Aztec, area or areas, usually identified as located within or even coterminous with the Valley of Mexico. It can also refer to the former lake basins around Mexico City, often including the Lerma and Pánuco river systems. Motto: Pogress and Production Settled May 5, 1933 Elevation 335 m (1,099. ... Anahuac is a city located in Chambers County, Texas. ... Mesoamerica is the region extending from central Mexico south to the northwestern border of Costa Rica that gave rise to a group of stratified, culturally related agrarian civilizations spanning an approximately 3,000-year period before the European discovery of the New World by Columbus. ... The Aztecs is a term used for certain Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico. ... The Valley of Mexico is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with the present-day Distrito Federal and the eastern half of Estado de Mexico. ... Nickname: Motto: Capital en movimiento Location of Mexico City in south central Mexico Coordinates: , Country Federal entity Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded c. ... The Lerma Santiago River (Río Lerma Santiago) is Mexicos longest river. ... Río Pánuco or the Pánuco River is a river in Veracruz, Mexico. ...

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica article

According to the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, Anahuac is "limited by the traditional and vaguely defined boundaries of an ancient Indian empire or confederation of that name previous to the Spanish conquest. (Redirected from 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica) The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ... The Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Western Hemisphere of Christopher Columbus in 1492. ...

"The word is said to signify 'country by the waters' in Nahuatl, the old Aztec language; hence the theory that Anahuac was located on the sea coast. One of the theories relating to the location of Anahuac describes it as all the plateau region of Mexico, with an area equal to threffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkke-fourths of the republic, and extending between the eastern and western coast ranges from Rio Grande to the isthmus of Tehuantepec. A more exact and more commonly used description, however, limits it to the great plateau valley in which the city of Mexico is located, between 18°40' and 20°30'N latitude, about 320 kilometers (200 miles) long by 120 kilometers (75 miles) wide, with an average elevation of 2300 meters (7500 feet), and a mean temperature of 17°C (62°F). The accepted meaning of the name fits this region as well as any on the sea coast, as the lakes of this valley formerly covered one-tenth of its area. The existence of the name in southern Utah, United States, and on the gulf coast of Mexico, has given rise to theories of other locations and wider bounds for the old Indian empire." For the Spanish language as spoken in Mexico, see Mexican Spanish. ... The Aztecs is a term used for certain Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico. ... “Río Bravo” redirects here. ... The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in Mexico. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

References

• Aguilar-Moreno, Manuel (n.d.). Aztec Art (PDF). Aztec Art and Architecture. Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI). Retrieved on 2007-10-15.
• Wimmer, Alexis (2006). Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique (online version). (French) (Nahuatl)