Descripción de Tequisquiac, Citlaltepec y Xilocingo
Description:
Description of Tequixquiac, located in the Archdiocese of Mexico. Census is signed by Alonso de Galdo. Document lists Otomí and Mexicana as the spoken languages, surrounding towns such as Tepexi, Quauhtitlan, Hueypustla, Atitalaquia, Xilolzingo, Atotonilco, Citlaltepec. Also mentioned are details of the local jurisdiction, hierarchy, and systems of governance, topographic features, medicines used, fauna, etymology of names, and farms. This is one of a series of responses to a political and cultural survey circulated by King Philip II of Spain titled relaciones geográficas, which were gathered between the years 1579-1585.
Creator/Contributor:
Galdos, Alonso de (signer), Guzmán, Alonso de (scribe), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1579-09-10
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Indigenous peoples--Mexico--History--Sources, New Spain--Description and travel, New Spain--History--Sources, New Spain--Maps, Manuscript, Spain--Colonies--History--Sources, Mexico--History--16th century--Sources, Manuscripts, Mexican, Pueblos indígenas--México--Historia--Fuentes, Nueva España--Descripción y viaje, Nueva España--Historia--Fuentes, Nueva España--Mapas, Manuscritos, España--Colonias--Historia--Fuentes, México--Historia--Siglo XVI--Fuentes, and Manuscritos, Mexicanos
Time Period Covered:
16th century
Place Name:
Archdiocese of Mexico, Arquidiócesis de México, Tequixquiac, Mexico, Mexico, and Tequixquiac, Mexico, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Mexico (state), Tequixquiac (city), Mexico (country), Mexico (state), Jilotzingo (city), Mexico (country), Mexico (state), and San Juan Zitlaltepec (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
19.894012, -99.140278, 19.870636, -99.059904, and 19.810751, -99.147804
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Tequisquiac.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:add9d89a-1c5f-41d8-9854-7bda1e6632a2
Local:
JGI_XXV-05_Tequixquiac_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)