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Amecameca

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Amecameca (ämā'kämā`kä), town (1990 pop. 25,374), Mexico state, S central Mexico, at the foot of the Popocatépetl and Ixtacíhuatl volcanoes. The sanctuary of El Sacro Monte, the most venerated spot in Mexico after the shrine of Guadalupe, stands on a hill above Amecameca. The town's history dates back to 1200.


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Rebecca Lodge, Melanie Weaver, Hilary Quinn and Mark Weeden, who work in development and property management at Grainger Trust, have returned from a 10-day working trip to Amecameca, 57km east of Mexico City, where they helped to construct a home for the Melo and Hernandez families.
The "No Manches" campaign was noticeable in Mexico City, but when I asked tourism officials in nearby Amecameca (the gateway to Parque Izta-Popo, one of the most symbolic and significant in the country) about it last spring, they shrugged and said the posters hadn't arrived yet.
``We love it a lot, because it provides jobs, and we are used to it,'' said Angel Lopez de la Cruz, a resident of the mountain town of Amecameca.
 
 
 
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