Calpulalpan

Calpulalpan
Parish of San Antonio de Padua
Nicknames: 
Spanish: La puerta grande de Tlaxcala
(transl. The big door of Tlaxcala)
Calpulalpan
Calpulalpan
Coordinates: 19°35′13″N 98°34′06″W / 19.58694°N 98.56833°W / 19.58694; -98.56833
Country Mexico
State Tlaxcala
MunicipalityCalpulalpan
Foundation1608
Government
 • MayorNeptalí Gutiérrez
Area
 • Total
9.98 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Elevation
2,591 m (8,501 ft)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
33,263
 • Estimate 
(2015[2])
37,752
 • Demonym
Calpulalpense
Time zoneUTC-6 (Zona Centro)
Area code749

Calpulalpan, officially the Heroic City of Calpulalpan,[3] is a Mexican city, head and main urban center of the homonymous municipality, located to the west of the state of Tlaxcala. With 33,263 inhabitants in 2010 according to the population and housing census conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), it is the sixth most populous city in the state. It has an estimated population of 37,752 inhabitants for 2017, according to the National Population Council (CONAPO).

The Heroic City designation was conferred in 2015 in recognition of the action on 10 April 1867 during the Second French Intervention[3][4] in which, according to municipal authorities, Republican forces under General Porfirio Díaz defeated a contingent of Imperialists under General Leonardo Márquez.[5][6] The engagement is sometimes identified as the Battle of Puente de Márquez.[7]

Sister cities

References

  1. ^ "Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER)" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Datos de proyecciones". CONAPO. Archived from the original on 2015-07-18. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b Declara Congreso de Tlaxcala a Calpulalpan como "Heroica Ciudad" Archived 2017-09-09 at the Wayback Machine Consulted 18 July 2017
  4. ^ "Declaratoria de Calpulalpan como Ciudad "Heroica", es un Orgullo de pertenencia". e-Tlaxcala. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Conmemoran en Calpulalpan CXLVIII Aniversario de la Batalla de "Puente de Márquez"". Gentlx. 15 April 2015.
  6. ^ "154 aniversario de la batalla del Puente de Márquez en Calpulalpan". El Gritón Digital. 10 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Alcalde encabeza conmemoración de la batalla del Puente Márquez". e_Tlaxcala. 14 April 2017.
  8. ^ "hermanamiento de calpulalpan". e-tlaxcala. Retrieved 23 September 2018.