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Tepoztlán (Spanish [tepostla'n] (help·info)) is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos. It is located at Coordinates: in the heart of the Tepoztlán Valley. The town serves as the seat of government for the municipality of the same name. The town had a population of 14,130 inhabitants, while the municipality reported 41,629 inhabitants in the 2010 national census.
The town is a popular tourist destination near Mexico City. The town is famous for the remains of El Tepozteco temple built on top of the nearby Tepozteco Mountain, as well as for the exotic ice cream flavors prepared by the townspeople.
Tepoztlán was named a "Pueblo Mágico" in 2002 but its title was removed in 2009 for not complying with the rules. In 2010 Tepoztlán fixed the problems it had and recovered the Pueblo Mágico title.
Tepoztlán is derived from Nahuatl and means "place of abundant copper" or "place of the broken rocks." This is derived from the words tepoz-tli (copper) and tlan ("place of/place of abundance").
The climate around the Tepoztlán Sierra (where el Tepozteco is located) shows temperate as well as some subtropical variations. The rainy season starts during the Summer and ends at the beginning of Autumn. Precipitation reaches 1000 mm/yr in the Tepoztlán Valley and up to 1200 mm/yr in the mountains.
Tourism. Nowadays Tepoztlán gets its most important income through tourism. People visit the town for their traditional environment, along with the pyramid and several communities with ecological or progressive thinking.
Real state. The legal system that regulates possession of land in Tepoztlán is called communal. Under that legal framework, land in Tepoztlán cannot be purchased. In case of problems, neither financial nor judicial institutions can support ownership claims. 
Owned by the Asociación de Scouts de México, A.C., located nearby Tepozteco mountain, Meztitla is the National Scout Camp School. Although Meztitla is frequented by Scouts of Mexico and the world, it is also open to general public.
It has not yet been possible to determine who first inhabited the area. The earliest findings of pottery and other ceramic utensils date back to approximately 1500 BCE.
By the 10th century CE the Toltec culture was predominant in the area. Tepoztlán is said to have been the birthplace of Ce Acatl, a very important Toltec leader, later known as Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl, and who may be the possible historical basis of the Mesoamerican god Quetzalcoatl.
During the Spanish Conquest Hernán Cortés is said to have ordered the town razed after the refusal of the town leaders to meet him. This event was chronicled by Bernal Díaz del Castillo in The Conquest of New Spain.
Surrealist painter Wolfgang Paalen lived and worked in Tepoztlàn during his last Mexican period (1954–59).
Indie musician Conor Oberst recorded his self-titled album in the city in 2008, although in the sleeve the city is misspelled "Tepotzlan."
Fashion designer Juli Lynne Charlot the creator of the first Poodle skirt lives in Tepoztlán.
Towns and villages
The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:
|Name||2010 Census Population|
|Unidad Habitacional Rinconada Acolapa||3,205|
|San Juan Tlacotenco||1,890|
|Santo Domingo Ocotitlán||1,541|
|San Andrés de la Cal||1,383|
|Colonia Ángel Bocanegra (Adolfo López Mateos)||1,235|
|Amatlán de Quetzalcóatl||1,029|
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- "Despojo de terreno en Tepoztlán; autoridades hacen caso omiso: De Kuri en MVS - Aristegui Noticias". Aristeguinoticias.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- Noble, John (2000), Mexico City, Oakland, California: Lonely Planet, ISBN 1-86450-087-5
- 2010 census tables: INEGI Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine.
- Encyclopedia of Mexican Municipalities: Tepoztlán - In Spanish.
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