Tequixquiac

Tequixquiac is a municipality located within the Zumpango Region of the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality is located 84 kilometres north of Mexico City in the valley that connects the Valley of Mexico with the Mezquital Valley. The call comes from Nahuatl and means "place of tequesquite waters". The municipal seat is the city of Santiago Tequixquiac, despite the fact that both the city and municipality are commonly called sincerely "Tequixquiac". The municipality is referred to as the "cradle of prehistoric art inside the Americas" because of the sacrum bone and different artifacts discovered in the vicinity.

The municipality is located in the northern part of the State of Mexico. The city of Santiago Tequixquiac, the municipal seat, has governing jurisdiction over the following communities: La Heredad, San Miguel, Tlapanaloya, El Cenicero, Colonia Wenceslao Labra, Colonia La Esperanza, Palo Grande, Monte Alto, El Crucero, La Arenilla, La Rinconada and La Vega. The municipality has a complete location of 96.37 square kilometres and borders the municipalities of Apaxco, Hueypoxtla, Zumpango, Huehuetoca and the state of Hidalgo.