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Texcoco (altepetl)
Texcoco
(
Classical Nahuatl
:
Tetzco(h)co
, ) was a major
Acolhua
city-state
in the central Mexican plateau region of
Mesoamerica
during the Late Postclassic period of
pre-Columbian
Mesoamerican chronology
. It was situated on the eastern bank of
Lake Texcoco
in the
Valley of Mexico
, to the northeast of the
Aztec
capital,
Tenochtitlan
. The site of pre-Columbian Texcoco is now subsumed by the modern
Mexican
municipio
of
Texcoco
and its major settlement, the city formally known as Texcoco de Mora. It also lies within the greater metropolitan area of
Mexico City
.
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