Calpan (municipality)

Calpan (municipality)
—  Municipality and town  —
Country  Mexico
State Puebla
Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

Calpan (municipality) is a town and municipality in Puebla in south-eastern Mexico.[1]

History

Calpan was a Nahuatl-speaking community prior to the Spanish incursion. During the era of New Spain it was Corregidor of Atrisco.[2]

References

  1. ^ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/puebla/. Retrieved January 4, 2010. 
  2. ^ Peter Gerhard, Guide ot the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) p. 55-56.