Texcoco is a city in México State, Mexico, located to the east of Mexico City at 19.52°N, 98.88°W. The city is about 2,250 meters above sea level. In 2003 Texcoco had an estimated population of about 109,000 people. The United Mexican States, or Mexico, is a federal republic, comprising 31 states. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of, and largest city in, Mexico. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...

Historically, the name of the city has sometimes been rendered as Tezcuco.

The city has some impressive Spanish colonial era architecture, including a large convent and the cathedral built atop the base of a Pre-Columbian pyramid. This article is about an abbey as a religious building. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a bishopric. ... The term Pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the New World in the era before significant European influence. ...

History

Texcoco was founded in the 12th century. It was an independent Nahuatl city state. It allied itself with Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) early on, and became the second most important city politically in the Aztec Empire, by agreement receiving two-fifths of the tribute collected by the Empire. The city was known as a center of learning within the Empire, and had a famed library including books from older Mesoamerican civilizations. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Nahuatl is a native language of central Mexico. ... The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th century. ... 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. ...

King Nezahualcoyotl was a noted poet, philosopher, and patron of the arts. He also had a large botanical and zoological garden, with specimens of plants and animals from throughout the Empire and from the more distant lands which the Empire traded with. This article is about the Aztec poet king. ...

Nezahualcoyotl's son King Nezahualpilli continued the tradition of patronizing the arts. Nezahualpilli (1464-1515) was king of Texcoco. ...

In 1520 the troops of Hernán Cortés occupied the city and killed the last independent king Cacamatzin. From then through 1521 the Spanish conquistador made Texcoco his base for planning the conquest of Tenochtitlan. Events January 18 - King Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde. ... -1... Cacamatzin (1483 - 1520) was the king of Texcoco, the second most important city of the Aztec Empire. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther. ... Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under Spanish rule between the 15th and 17th centuries. ...

From 1827 to 1830 Texcoco was the capital of Mexico State. 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

External link

• Governmental site, with historic and tourist information (http://www.texcoco.gob.mx/) in Spanish