| Zacatlán | |
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| Floral Clock in main square | |
| Nickname(s): Zacatlán de las Manzanas | |
| Municipality of Zacatlán in Puebla | |
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| Country | Mexico |
| State | Puebla |
| Municipality | Zacatlán |
| City status | 11 December 1847 |
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| Elevation | 2,010 m (6,594 ft) |
| Website | www.zacatlan.gob.mx |
Zacatlán is a city, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the northern region of the Mexican state of Puebla. It is renowned as one of the country's foremost apple-growing regions, and is so sometimes called "Zacatlán de las Manzanas". The local cider is famous, as is the traditional pan de Zacatlán, sweet pastries with cheese fillings.
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The name "Zacatlán" comes from the Nahuatl zacatl ("zacate", a type of grass) and tlan ("place"): it thus means "place of abundant zacate".
Zacatlán is located at a height of 2,010 m above sea level in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, on the left bank of the Río Laxaxalpa. It is surrounded by the municipalities of Chignahuapán, Aquixtla, Tetela de Ocampo, Cuautempan, Tepetzintla, Ahuacatlán, Chiconcuautla, Ahuazotepec and Huauchinango. The municipality covers a total area of 512.32 km².
The climate is wet, with year-long rains.
In the 2000 INEGI census, the municipality reported a population of 62,788, with 28,773 in the municipal seat.