Calpan Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico.[1]

Calpan Municipality
Municipality and town
Coat of arms of Calpan Municipality
Location of the municipality in Puebla
Location of the municipality in Puebla
Country Mexico
StatePuebla
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

History

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Calpan was a Nahuatl-speaking community prior to the Spanish incursion. During the era of New Spain it was Corregidor of Atrisco.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on April 5, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  2. ^ Peter Gerhard, Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) p. 55-56.

19°06′N 98°27′W / 19.100°N 98.450°W / 19.100; -98.450