Los Reyes Acaquilpan

**Los Reyes Acaquilpan** is a ceety an govrenin heid o the municipality o **La Paz** in State o Mexico, Mexico. It is locatit on the dividin line atween Mexico State an the eastren edge o the Federal Destrict. It can tharefore be considered pairt o the Greater Mexico Ceety aurie. The aurie wis pairt o a region cried "Atlicpac" which in Náhuatl means 'abuin or at the edge o watter.'  The current ceety's/municipality's glyph seembolizes watter.

## The ceety o Los Reyes Acaquilpan
The municipality consists o 18 localities (15 urban an 3 landwart), o which its municipal seat, **Los Reyes Acaquilpan**, kent as **Los Reyes La Paz** an aw, which haed a 2010 census population o 85,359 indwallers, is the lairgest. Line A o the Mexico Ceety Metro terminates in Los Reyes at the station cried Metro La Paz.

Image:LosReyesPalacioMunicipal.JPG|The "municipal palace" or main govrenment building for the ceety an municipality. It is decorated for the upcoming Independence Day celebrated on Sept 16
Image:CharroStatueLosReyesMexico.JPG|Statue dedicated tae charros in the plaza in front o the municipal palace. Pairt o the inscription reads "For more than a century, our men and women have celebrated the "Carnaval de Charros" wi thair characteristic masks an outfit year efter year an it is our pride tae continue preserving this noble tradeetion"
Image:HombresIlustresStreetLosReyesMexico.JPG|Street vendors on Hombres Ilustres street near the municipal palace
Image:LaCalderaVolcanoLosReyesLaPaz.JPG|View o (extinct) volcano "La Caldera" taken frae the Metro La Paz station o the Mexico City Metro in the ceety/municipality o Los Reyes Acaquilpan
Image:EntranceMetroLosReyes.JPG|Entrance tae Mexico City Metro station Metro Los Reyes
Image:BicitaxisLosReyesMexico.JPG| line o bicycle taxis waiting for business on Horacio Zuñiga Street juist ootside the Metro Los Reyes station


### History
This aurie wis the laund o the Acolhuas whose caipital wis in Texcoco.  As sic thay wur pairt o the hert o the Aztec Triple Alliance an the Aztec Empire, on the receivin end o tribute comin in frae ither pairts o the empire. This continued till the Spainyie conquest o the Aztec Empire. Durin the colonial period, mair specifically in the 18t century, this aurie wis in constant territorial conflict. This endit up wi the consolidation o a nummer o commonties intae twa entities cried "San Salvador Tecamachalco" an "La Magdalena Atlicpac" aroond 1770-1773, nou the neebourheids o **Atenantitlan** an **Tejolote**. In 1882, the first railwey connectin the aurie an Mexico Ceety wis biggit, beginnin Los Reyes' close economic ties wi the metropolis even tho the oreeginal toun itsel wad no join the municipality till 1889.  Los Reyes achievit ceety status in 1977.  Thare is a tire burnin festival held on the last Friday o ivery month.  The tire that emits the maist smoke wins. Opponents o global wairmin criticize this tradeetional festival as destructive tae the environment.

## The municipality o La Paz

The ceety o Los Reyes Acaquilpan haes govrenin jurisdiction ower 17 ither commonties (localities).

The municipality wis foondit in 1875 bi Preses Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, furtherin a process o consolidation o the aurie that haed begun in the prior century. The touns o La Magdalena Atlicpac, San Sebastián Chimalpa an Tecamachalco wur unifee'd unner the control o La Magdalena Atlicpac. Anerlie later ad Los Reyes acome the seat. 
 
The municipality covers a tot surface aurie o  an, in the year 2010 census, reportit a population o 253,845. It borders wi Chicoloapan, Chimalhuacán, Ixtapaluca, Valle de Chalco Solidaridad, Nezahualcoyotl an the Distrito Federal, specificially wi the burgh o Iztapalapa

### Touns an veelages
Localities (ceeties, touns, an veelages) are:

## References

*Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005  INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

## Freemit airtins
*Los Reyes La Paz  *(Enciclopedia de los municipios de México)*
*Official Site, Los Reyes La Paz