Coyotepec, State of Mexico

Municipality in State of Mexico, Mexico

Coat of arms

19°45′0″N 99°10′16″W / 19.75000°N 99.17111°W / 19.75000; -99.17111Country

MexicoStateState of MexicoArea

• Total12.30 km² (4.75 sq mi)Population

(2005)

• Total39,341Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Coyotepec is a municipality in State of Mexico, Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 12.30 km² and, in 2005, had a total population of 39,341.^[1]

The name comes from the Nahuatl coyotl (coyote) and tepetl (hill), with the locative suffix c: thus, "hill of the coyote" or "place of coyotes".^[2]

References

^ "Coyotepec". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 25, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
^ "Nomenclatura". Municipio de Coyotepec.