Tlalnepantla is the name of a city and a municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos.
The city reported a population of 3,872 inhabitants, while its municipality reported 7,166 inhabitants in the 2015 census. It is the least populous of the 17 municipalities that border Mexico City, bordering the capital city's southeastern Milpa Alta borough. Tlalnepantla is located 57 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Cuernavaca.
Name
The name Tlalnepantla means "In the middle of the lands" in Nahuatl, which may be interpreted as "In the middle of the mountains". According to Reyes and Robelo this town was originally called Tlalnepantla Kuauhtenko; this second place name means "On the shore of the eagles"; its etymology from Kuauh-tli, "eagle"; ten-tli, "shore or lip", and ko, adverb of "place"; however, in the hieroglyph the sign of the tree is clearly seen between two parts of the earth. It is supposed to be related to the terrestrial meridian, nearly the same as the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
The municipality
Towns and villages
The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#000000; color:black;"
! Name !! 2010 Census Population !! Altitude
|-
| Tlalnepantla || 3,872 || 2050 meters
|-
| Felipe Neri (Cuatepec) || 1,338 || 2540 meters
|-
| El Vigía (San Nicolás del Monte) || 832 || 2,140 meters
|-
| El Pedregal || 507 || 1,965 meters
|- style="background:#CFCFCF;"
| Total Municipality || 6,636 ||2,060
|}
Other communities include Fraccionamiento Calmil, Campo Aguacomulco, Bosques de Morelos, Campo Jazmín, and Fraccionamiento los Robles.
A telephone line was established between 1880 and 1910 near Tenecuilco where President Porfirio Díaz had a hunting lodge.
The ex-hacienda of Cuatepec or Coatepec was built during colonial times.
Rigoberto Espindola Gonzalez of the Panal was elected Presidente Municipal on July 1, 2018.
The state of Morelos reported 209 cases and 28 deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico as of April 27, 2020; one case was reported in Tlatnapantla. Schools and many businesses were closed from mid-March until June 1. On July 2, Tlalnepantla reported 33 infections and four deaths from the virus; the reopening of the state was pushed back until at least June 13. Tlalnepantla reported 19 cases, 18 recuperations, and two deaths from the virus as of August 31. Twenty-one cases were reported on December 27, 2020.
Notable people
Municipal presidents (1958–present)
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#000000; color:black;"
! Name !! Term of Office !! Party
|-
| Adelaido Pérez López || 1958-1961 ||
|-
| Brigido Elizalde Espinoza ||1961-1964 ||
|-
| Eufemio Hernández Gómez ||1964-1967 ||
|-
| Adolfo Rubio Huerta || 1967-1970 ||
|-
| Romualdo Pérez López || 1970-1973 ||
|-
| Guillermo Osorio Torres || 1973-1976 ||
|-
| Sergio Mercado Marín || 1976-1979 ||
|-
| Arnulfo Medina Estrada || 1979-1982 ||
|-
| Benito Juárez Ávila || 1982-1985 ||
|-
| Celestino González Flores || 1985-1988 ||
|-
| Victorino Cervantes Reyes || 1988-1991 ||
|-
| Meliton Lagos González || 1991-1994 || PRI
|-
| Elías Osorio Torres || 1994-1997 || PRI
|-
| Gumaro Osorio Ramos || 1997-2000 || PRI
|-
| Donato González Flores || 2000-2003 || PRI
|-
| Jose Luis Gonzalez Barrera || 2003-2006 || PRI
|-
| Rolando Alvarado Colin || 2006-2009 || PAN
|-
| Lauro Barba Elizalde || 2009-2012 || PAN
|-
| Fausto Rubio Pillado || 2013-2015 || PRD-PT-MC
|-
| Germán Barrera Pérez || 2016-2018 || PT
|-
| Rigoberto Espindola Gonzalez || 2019–present || PRI-Panal-PVEM
- Volcán Ololica –
Flora
Flora consists mainly of Temperate coniferous forest: pine, oak, fir, ash, elm, tejocote (a fruit tree), and ocotillo (a shrub). There is a wide variety of medicinal plants such as squaw mint (for stomach pain), lemon balm (taken as tea), tochete (mint), tabaquillo, mullein (used to heal wounds), and Valerian (herb) (for rheumatism). Fruit trees were introduced by Spanish missionaries, and some fruit, particularly avocados, peaches, and pears are still gown today. Mole Verde, mole with chicken or pumpkin seed, and cecina with cheese are also traditional foods.