Tlaxcala

1. a state of S central Mexico: the smallest Mexican state; formerly an Indian principality, the chief Indian ally of Cortés in the conquest of Mexico. Capital: Tlaxcala. Pop.: 961 912 (2000 est.). Area: 3914 sq. km (1511 sq. miles)

2. a city in E central Mexico, on the central plateau, capital of Tlaxcala state: the church of San Francisco (founded 1521 by Cortés) is the oldest in the Americas. Pop.: 25 000 (1990 est.)

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Tlaxcala

a state in Mexico, on the southern Meseta Central. Area, 3,900 sq km. Population, 459,600 (1974). The capital is Tlaxcala. The population engages in subsistence farming of corn and beans. Maguey plantations occupy one-third of the arable land.

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Este trabajo se realizo los municipios de Huamantla, Nanacamilpa, Tepetitla, Tlaxcala, Xaloztoc y Zacatelco del estado de Tlaxcala, ubicado en la region centro-oriental de Mexico.

Nuevos registros de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para Tlaxcala, Mexico

Most of the species can be assumed to be in Tlaxcala simply based on their widespread distribution.

New state-wide records of ant species collected in Tizatlan Botanical Garden, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico

First record of Phanaeus (P.) quadridens (Say, 1835) from Tlaxcala, Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae).

Primer registro de Phanaeus (P.) quadridens (Say, 1835) para Tlaxcala, Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)

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