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7 unusual facts about Otumba


Battle of Otumba

After being beleaguered on the causeway leading out of the city, the surviving Spanish forces arrived at the plain of Otumba Valley (Otompan), where they encountered a vast Aztec army numbering between 20,000-40,000 men.

Fall of Tenochtitlan

Before reaching Tlaxcala, the scanty Spanish forces arrived at the plain of Otumba Valley (Otompan), where they were met by a vast Aztec army intent on their destruction.

Joaquín de Montserrat, marqués de Cruillas

The transfer of power was made September 19, 1760 in Otumba, and his formal entry into Mexico City was October 6, 1760.

Metro Indios Verdes

The station has many entrances and exits, and it connects with many bus and microbuses routes, most of them serving areas in the Estado de México such as Lechería, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Texcoco, towns like Tepexpan and Otumba, and the archaeological zone of Teotihuacán.

Nezahualcoyotl

The coalition conquered Acolman and Otumba, sacking them only due to the sudden Tepanec siege of Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco.

Otumba

Otumba de Gómez Farías, a town and the municipal seat of Otumba municipality, State of Mexico

Battle of Otumba, a 1520 battle in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire



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