Chapingo

Chapingo is a small town located on the outskirts of the city of Texcoco, M?xico State, in central Mexico.

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It is located at , about 25 km (15 miles) west of Mexico City International Airport.

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Chapingo is most notable as the location of Chapingo Autonomous University (Universidad Aut?noma Chapingo). The UACh, as it is known, is the country's most prestigious centre for agricultural studies. It was founded as the National School of Agriculture in Mexico City in 1854 and has been located on its current Chapingo campus since 1923.

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It is very close, about 3 km (2 miles) from both the Colegio de Posgraduados (CP) postgraduate study centre and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).

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Chapingo combines with these other leading centers to form an unofficial "national consortium for agricultural development".

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In the surrounding area is located also a new urban development now close to the municipal seat, Texcoco, craddle of the pre-hispanic Acolhuan culture, whose greatest figure was Nezahualcoyotl the King.

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This urban settlement comprises Chapingo, Huexotlan, Unidad ISSSTE (residential area for staff of UACH) as well as Salitreria and Texcoco (150,000 pop).

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