Xochitepec

Xochitepec is a municipality of the province of Morelos, in focal Mexico. Xochitepec is additionally the name of its foremost township and seat of the city government. It is found roughly 13 km toward the south of the capital of Morelos, Cuernavaca, on the southern edges of that city's more prominent metropolitan zone. The district revealed 68,984 inhabitants in the year 2015 statistics. 1.65% of the population talk an indigenous language.

The toponym Xochitepec originates from the Nahuatl language, signifying "on the slope of blossoms". The name may allude to a covered pyramid situated at Kilometer 92 along the Mexico City-Acapulco parkway, or it could allude to a slope in the focal point of the city that fills in as the platform for an open clock. Spanish proselytizing started in the 16th century, including the development of the cloister of San Juan Bautista St. John the Baptist and the Hacienda of Santa Catarina in Chiconcuac. Estate Senor y Sanchez reports in 1746 that Xochitepec had 35 indigenous families and 16 Spanish families. Houses of worship were additionally worked in Atlacholoaya and Alpuyeca. During the 18th century the hacienda of Temixco caught lands that had a place with Xochitepec. As of now, Xochitepec was a piece of the territory of Mexico City.