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A Mexican State (Spanish: Estado), officially the Free and Sovereign State (Spanish: Estado libre y soberano), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, and state congress.
After the Revolution, Baz Prada became Governor of the State of Mexico and President of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). It is located in the northeastern part of the state of Mexico, in the Valley of Mexico north of Mexico City proper. [2] Tlalnepantla de Baz has an exclave to the west, divided by Gustavo A. Madero.
Ecatepec is served by the Mexico City metro, by the State of Mexico's Mexibús bus rapid transit lines, and by Mexicable aerial cable car lines. Points of interest include the Catedral del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús , several colonial era churches, and the Morelos Museum in Casa de los Virreyes. [ 3 ]
It is located in a house that has always been known as "El Gallito" (Little Rooster), a name which appears in the crest of the main façade. [4] The Museo de la Numismática (Numismatics Museum) was founded in 1987 by the state government in order to show Mexico's history through coins from the pre-Hispanic period up to the present day.
For a time after independence, the city was the capital of Mexico State before it was moved to Toluca. [1] The municipality is in one of the most densely populated areas of Mexico and is growing. Much of this growth is occurring near the Toluca-Mexico City highway and on the floodplains of the Lerma River.
The Valley of Mexico, of which Naucalpan is a part, has been inhabited by humans for over 20,000 years. [2] The history of Naucalpan begins with a group called the Tlatilca who settled on the edges of the Hondo River between 1700 and 600 BCE, [3] in what is now modern Nacaulpan, Totolinga and Los Cuartos.
On August 27, 1971, under the initiative of Enrique Bátiz Campbell and the government of the Mexico State, the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México (OSEM) was founded. Its purpose is the spreading of music as an art, to create unity and identity among the citizens of the state.
This rail line was widened here between 1901 and 1903 to also serve as a link north for Toluca and other central-Mexico localities. [ 2 ] The town contains a number of historical sites including the Parish of San Pablo, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, The Viceroy Luis de Velasco House, also known as the House of the Viceroys, from the ...