Tlalnepantla, Morelos, Mexico

🇲🇽 Tlalnepantla is the name of a city and a municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos.

It is the least populous of the 17 municipalities that border Mexico City, bordering the capital city's south-eastern Milpa Alta borough. Tlalnepantla is located 57 km (35 miles) north-east of Cuernavaca.

Ruins of settlements of Nahuas and Nahuatl-speaking Tlahuicas have been found since before the founding of Tlalnepantla.

By the 1590s a town called Teocaltitla was established north-west about seven km from the present municipal seat. Ruins of its church, including plaster, can still be seen. The ruins of the town of San Bartolomé ("Cohamilpa") are located about four km west of Tlalnepantla. Ruins of the San Nicolás Tolentino neighborhood ("Teopancasholtitla"), founded in 1600, are located six km from Tlalnepantla. San Felipe, also founded in the 1600s, is located five km away.

Tlalnepantla is located in northern Morelos state, with Milpa Alta, Mexico City and Juchitepec, State of Mexico to the north; Tepoztlán to the west, Tlayacapan to the east, and Totolapan to the east. It is located at 18°57'N and 98°14'W of Greenwich. With an average altitude of 2,060 meters above sea level, it is the third highest municipality in the state, exceeded only by Huitzilac (2,500 m) and Tetela del Volcán (2,200 m).

Distance (by highway): • Cuernavaca (state capital) – 51 km (32 mi) (1 hour, 13 minutes) via Mexican Federal Highway 113 and Mexican Federal Highway 160 • Mexico City (Zócalo) – 88 km (55 mi) (1 hour, 54 minutes) via Mexican Federal Highway 113 and Mexican Federal Highway 150D • Cuautla, Morelos – 29 km (18 mi) (46 minutes) via Mexican Federal Highway 113 • Tepoztlan, Morelos – 39 km (24 mi) (1 hour, 2 minutes) via Mexican Federal Highway 113 and Mexican Federal Highway 115D.

Economy The main economic activity of this is agriculture, of which 89% is the cultivation of prickly pears or nopales. Both the fruit and the leaves are sold in Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana, and even the United States. Corn and tomatoes, which were once staple crops, now take second place to this cactus. Fruit trees were introduced by Spanish missionaries, and some fruit, particularly avocados, peaches, and pears are still gown today. Livestock are also raised.

There is controlled logging of the forests and a significant amount of wood is exploited. There are some fields for growing Christmas trees.