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Timilpan, Mexico State, Mexico — The Central Highlands (North America)
 

Timilpan

 
 
Timilpan Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, October 25, 2020
1. Timilpan Marker
Inscription.  

Timilpan
De Temilpa: Telt, piedra
Milli, sementera
Pa, en o sobre
“En la milpa o sementera de piedras.”
Patrimonio Cultural del Edo. De Mιxico, 1979.

English translation:
Timilpan
From Temilpa: Telt, stone
Milli, planted fields
Pa, in or on
“In the stony corn fields or planted fields.”
Cultural Heritage of the State of Mιxico, 1979.
 
Erected 1979 by Patrimonio Cultural del Estado de Mιxico.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical year for this entry is 1979.
 
Location. 19° 52.543′ N, 99° 44.029′ W. Marker is in Timilpan, Estado de Mexico (Mexico State). It is at the intersection of Calle Francisco I. Madero and Francisco Javier Mina, on the left when traveling north on Calle Francisco I. Madero. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Timilpan MEX 50500, Mexico. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Mexico and specifically in Mexico City Metropolitan Area. Globally, it is in North America, specifically in Mesoamerica, on the Ring of Fire, and in the Western Hemisphere. Historically,
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it finds itself in what was once New Spain, a Spanish colony, and the Aztec Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Deputies of the Constituent Congress of 1857 (approx. one kilometer away); Parish Church of Santiago Acotzilapan (approx. 9.9 kilometers away); Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (approx. 12.2 kilometers away); Parish Church of San Bartolomι el Apσstol (approx. 12.2 kilometers away); Dr. Maximiliano Ruiz Castaρeda (approx. 13.3 kilometers away); Maximiliano Ruiz Castaρeda (approx. 14.4 kilometers away); Parish Church of San Miguel Arcαngel (approx. 14.5 kilometers away); Foundation of the "Acambayense League" (approx. 14.5 kilometers away).
 
Timilpan Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, October 25, 2020
2. Timilpan Marker
The marker is mounted to a stone in the shape of its Nαhuatl name glyph.
Timilpan Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, October 25, 2020
3. Timilpan Marker
The marker is seen here to the left of the town's central kiosk, decorated with an altar for the upcoming Day of the Dead.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 25, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2020, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 188 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 25, 2020, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.
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