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Beatriz Elena Paredes Rangel (born 18 August 1953) is a Mexican politician who served as president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) from 2007 to 2011. [2] She was the first woman to serve as Governor of Tlaxcala and the second woman to serve as a state governor in Mexican history. [3]
The governor of Tlaxcala is the position representing the complete executive power of the government of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, per the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala. The governor is elected for a period of six years, and cannot be re-elected for any reason.
Tlaxcala was the fifth diocese to be established in the Americas and the second in Mexico after Yucatán. The first bishop was Julian Garces and the seat was established in 1527. However, since there was a cathedral in the city of Puebla and not in Tlaxcala, the seat was moved to Puebla in 1539 and has remained there since.
Franciscan friars arrived in 1524. They built monasteries and churches and renamed the city of Tlaxcala “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.” [8] The first archbishopric of New Spain was established here. Most of the conversion work was done by 1530. In 1535, the city of Tlaxcala received its coat-of-arms from the Spanish king. [8]
Tlaxcala is a municipality in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala. [1] The municipal seat is the city of Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl , which also serves as the state capital. The municipality
Map of Mexico with Tlaxcala highlighted. Tlaxcala is a state in Central Mexico that is divided into 60 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the fifth least populated state with 1,342,977 inhabitants and the 2nd smallest by land area spanning 3,996.6 square kilometres (1,543.1 sq mi). [1] [2]
The "Tlaxcala Codex" a largely pictorial section, with both Spanish and Nahuatl captions. Another key source for Tlaxcalan history is the Lienzo de Tlaxcala, a colonial-era pictorial codex, produced in the second half of the sixteenth century. It was created at the request of the cabildo of the city of Tlaxcala.
The Federal District was established around the City of Mexico, separating it from the State of Mexico. The Federal District was originally a perfect circle with an area of 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi), centered on the Zócalo (Constitution Square).