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The name Ocotlan is from Nahuatl and means "among the ocote trees" with the appendage "de Morelos" added in honor of José María Morelos y Pavón.During the colonial period the area was known as Santo Domingo Ocotlán due to the Dominican friars who created a monastery here dedicated to Saint Dominic.
Ocotlan is known for their authentic flavorful birria. It is a spicy stew which is traditionally made from goat meat but can also be made from beef . Many drive into the city of Ocotlan just for their birria and others have taken this delicious recipe to other countries, like the Reyes family who run a birria restaurant in Chicago.
San Dionisio Ocotlan is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 20.41 km 2. It is part of the Ocotlán District in the south of the Valles Centrales Region. The town was founded by the Spanish in 1526 [1] and its name roughly translates to the "land between the pines" in Nahuatl.
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Ocotlán (from the Nahuatl ocotl ("pine tree"), meaning "place of pines") is a city in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, located in the centre of that state within the conurbation of the state capital, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl.