Texcoco

Texcoco is a city in M?xico State, Mexico, located to the east of Mexico City at

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. The city stands at about 2,250 meters above sea level. In 2003 Texcoco had an estimated population of about 109,000 people.

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Historically, the name of the city has sometimes been rendered as Tezcuco.

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The city has some impressive Spanish colonial era architecture, including a large convent and the cathedral built atop the base of a Pre-Columbian pyramid.

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