Jilotepec de Abasolo

**Jilotepec de Molina Enríquez** an **Jilotepec de Abasolo** are a toun an a municipality locatit northwast zone o the State o Mexico, in Mexico. Housomeivver, baith entities are interchyngeably referred tae as "Jilotepec". This name comes frae Náhuatl, meanin "hill o corncobs". It is locatit in hilly an forestit terrain an oor frae Mexico Ceety, Toluca, 40 minutes frae San Juan del Río, 30 minutes frae Tula an 20 frae Tepeji.

## The toun o Jilotepec de Molina Enríquez

The ceety haed a population o 10,503 as o 2005.

The region wis oreeginally inhabitit bi Otomis but wur conquered in 1379 bi Acamapichtli the Aztec tlatoani (chief). Efter the Spainyie Conquest, Jilotepec wis recordit in ecclesiastical records as a veelage wi a singe priest, admeenistrated bi the Franciscans wi the Brithers Alonso de Rangel an Antonio de Ciudad Rodrigo bein the first tae evangelize the aurie. Sometime in the middle o the 16t century, siller wis discovered in Zacatecas an Guanajuato, leadin tae the construction o the Camino Real a Zacatecas (Ryal Road tae Zacatecas).

## The municipality o Jilotepec de Abasolo

As municipal seat, Jilotepec de Molina Enríquez haes govrenin authority ower the follaein commonties: 6a. Mza. San Miguel de la Victoria Palo Alto, Agua Escondida, Aldama, Barrio Pobre, Bosque de Canalejas (Manzana Sexta Canalejas), Calpulalpan, Canalejas, Coscomate del Progreso, Danxhó, Dedeni Dolores, Denjhi, Dexcani Alto, Dexcani Bajo, Doxhicho, Ej. San Pablo Huantepec (7a. Mza. San Pablo), Ejido Acazuchitlán (Ejido San Juan Bautista), Ejido de Coscomate del Progreso, Ejido de Jilotepec, Ejido de San Lorenzo Octeyuco, Ejido las Manzanas, El Águila, El Barrete, El Durazno de Cuauhtémoc, El Durazno de Guerrero, El Fresno, El Huisache (Tercera Manzana de Dexcani Alto), El Magueyal, El Majuay, El Pathé, El Pedregal, El Quelite, El Quichi, El Rincón, El Rosal, El Saltillito, El Saltillo, El Xhitey, Emiliano Zapata, La Comunidad, La Dalia, La Fortaleza, La Manzanilla (3a. Manzana de Dexcani Bajo), La Maqueda (Ejido de San Lorenzo Nenamicoyan), Las Ánimas, Las Huertas, Las Manzanas, Las Pilas, Llano Grande, Magueycitos, Mataxhi, Octeyuco Dos Mil, Ojo de Agua, Potrero Nuevo, Rancho el Tejocote, Rancho la Herradura (Rancho los Gorriones), Rancho la Laguna, Rancho la Providencia (La Noria), Rancho San Francisco, Rancho Santa Ana el Sauz, San Ignacio (San Ignacio de Loyola), San José Ejido de San Lorenzo, San Juan Acazuchitlán (San Juanico), San Lorenzo Nenamicoyan, San Lorenzo Octeyuco, San Martín Tuchicuitlapilco, San Miguel de la Victoria, San Pablo Huantepec, San Vicente, Santa Martha de la Cruz, Santiago Oxthoc, Séptima Manzana de San Miguel de la Victoria, Tecolapan, Teupan, Xhimójay, an Xhixhata.

Jilotepec is locatit at 1670 meters ower sea level it haes 586.53&nbsp;km2 bein the fowert lairgest municipality o the State o Mexico. Accordin tae INEGIs data Jilotepec de Abasolo haes 71624 indwallers.  The municipality borders the municipalities o Polotitlan, Aculco, Timilpan, Chapa de Mota, Villa del Carbón, Soyaniquilpan an the state o Hidalgo. At the end o the 18t century, Jilotepec wis pairt o the municipality o Huichapan, in the Destrict o Tula. On 11 Mairch 1824, Jilotepec de Abasolo wis creatit frae pairts o Huichapan Chapa de Mota, Villa del Carbón, an Acambay.

### Economic activities

6,416 hectares o the municipality is dedicatit tae the production o corn (the major crop), beans, wheat an livestock which is vera important activity in the economic life o Jilotepec. Livestock includes cous, pigs, sheep, an deer bein a major dairy an meat producer. Thare are ferms wi 8.5 millions birds for the production o meat an eggs an aw. The raisin o freshwatter fish is a growin industry in the municipality as well.

The municipality haes twa teeps o industry, the first bein faimily wirkshops which produce claes, ceramics an pottery.  The seicont are factories focused on the production an embroidery o claes for men an the manufacturin o plastic conteeners an ither oo products.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*  Municipal Offeecial Steid