X-Nico

unusual facts about Xico, State of Mexico



Adrián Luis González

González lives and works in Metepec, State of Mexico, a town noted for its decorative pottery, especially Trees of Life and suns with faces as wall decorations.

Avenida Río San Joaquín

Avenida Río San Joaquín is an elevated freeway in Mexico City extending from the Anillo Periférico beltway just outside the Mexican Federal District in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, in the west, to Avenida General Mariano Escobedo, in the east, at the juncture of the Polanco, Nuevo Polanco (Colonia Granada), and Anzures areas, continuing eastwards as Avenida Ejercito Nacional towards the Circuito Interior.

Barbacoa

The large food court of the tianguis (public market) of Chiconcuac in the state of Mexico, outside of Mexico City, seats hundreds of diners who are served barbacoa de borrego (mutton barbecue) and other regional specialties by dozens of open-air restaurants.

Churrigueresque

The altarpiece of the church of San Francisco Javier (National Museum of Viceroyalty) in Tepotzotlán, State of Mexico, is also considered, along with its facade, one of the most important baroque churrigueresque works performed by the Jesuits in New Spain.

Clásico Mexiquense

The Clasico mexiquense is a derby match at the State of Mexico between Club Deportivo Toluca and Toros Neza, whose origin lies in the rivalry that existed between Deportivo Toluca and Club Deportivo Coyotes Neza in the early 70s as both Mexico State teams.

Distrito Federal Trios Championship

The title was created in 1986 and is controlled by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." (Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission), which regulates all matches where the title is defended, allowing it to only be defended in Mexico City and the State of Mexico.

Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro

The Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro (also known as the Festival de Avándaro) was a historic Mexican rock concert held on 11 September 1971 on the shores of Lake Avándaro in the central Mexican state of Mexico.

International Wrestling Revolution Group

International Wrestling Revolution Group (Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish) is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico.

Javier Lozano Barragán

Born in Toluca, State of México, Lozano Barragán trained as a priest in Zamora, Michoacán, and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he earned a doctorate in theology and was ordained in 1955.

Laura Mendez

Laura María Luisa Elena Méndez Lefort was born on Thursday, 18 August 1853 in the Hacienda de Tamariz, Amecameca, State of Mexico.

Luis Y. Aragón

In 1975, he created various sculpted murals for the State of Mexico including Los Tlacuilos, a sculpture/mural 600m2 and weighing 1000 tons in the center of Naucalpan.

Manuel Mariano Martínez

Manuel Mariano Martínez (born March 6, 1992 in Tlalnepantla de Baz, México, Mexico) is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division.

Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares

The Arbol de la Vida, or Tree of Life, is a fired clay sculpture mostly associated with Metepec, State of Mexico.

Nuestra Belleza Estado de México 2012

Nuestra Belleza Estado de México 2012, was held at Mambocafé of Metepec, Estado de México on July 14, 2012.

Oleada

The music video was directed by Valdés & Chicle and recorded in National Park Insurgente Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (La Marquesa), State of Mexico.

Pablo César Cano

Pablo César Cano García (born October 4, 1989, in Tlalnepantla, México, Mexico), is a Mexican professional boxer and the interim WBA World Light Welterweight Champion.

Psilocybe muliercula

Unable to locate this species in the field, botanist Roger Heim and mycologist Rolf Singer based their descriptions of this mushroom on dried specimens purchased from Matlatzinca Indians in the marketplace of Tenango del Valle, in the Nevado de Toluca region of the state of Mexico.

Quechquemitl

The garment is found mostly in central Mexico among indigenous women such as the Huastecs, Nahuas, Tepehuas, Otomis, Totonacs, Mazahuas, Pames and Huichols in states such as Nayarit, Jalisco, Querétaro, the State of Mexico, Hidalgo, Puebla and Veracruz.

Ríos de Misericordia

Ríos de Misericordia ("Rivers of Mercy"), also known as Niños Ríos de Misericordia ("Rivers of Mercy Children") is a Mexican Christian musical group composed of eight children from the children's shelter of the same name in Zacango, Acolman Municipality, State of Mexico.

Sergio Rubio

Sergio Rubio Ríos (born November 27, 1956 in San Juan Teotihuacán, State of Mexico), is a Mexican football manager and former defender.

Tawny deer mouse

It is found from Jalisco in the north, along the coast to the northernmost parts of Guerrero in the south, and also inland in Michoacán and the west of the State of Mexico.

Valle de Chalco

Technically, the municipal seat is Xico, after a high point of land that once formed an island, and now remains as a small hill within an otherwise monotonous, urban expanse.

Volkswagen Beetle in Mexico

The next year, 1962, the first Volkswagen assembly plant was established in Xalostoc, State of Mexico, under the name PROMEXA (Promotora Mexicana de Automóviles - Mexican Automobile Promotor).

Xico, State of Mexico

Xico was conquered by the Aztec Tezozomoc in 1381, after which groups of Mexicas settle here extending the chinampa farming system in the 14th and 15th centuries.


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