tehuacan and its five regions

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Esc.Ing. Jorge L. Tamayo
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DEDICATION: dedicate this work much like their regions and will give himtehuacan


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RationaleI'm

doing this job mainly because I was asked at school but also because Iwantpeople around the world know my city and its five regions, plus I know theirbeautyand the attractions it has


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Introduction: This paper will discuss the 5 regions of Tehuacn and besides theywere ondifferent events that happened, and all the wonders that this city anditssurroundings.


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TEHUACAN

Tehuacn is the second largest city in the Mexican state of Puebla, nestled in the SoutheastValley of Tehuacn, bordering the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz. The 2010 census reported

a population of 248,716 in the city and 274,906 in its surrounding municipality of the samename, of which it serves as municipal seat. The municipality has an area of 390.36 km(150.72 sq mi).

Originally a Native American settlement, it became officially a city in the Viceroyalty of NewSpain in 1660. According to the archaeologist Richard Stockton MacNeish, the Valley ofTehuacn is the first place maize was ever cultivated by humankind. He arrived at thisconclusion when he found over 10,000 teoscintle cobs in what is now known as the Cave ofCoxcatlan.

In the late nineteenth century, the city was well known for its mineral springs. In fact,Peafiel (now owned by Cadbury Schweppes), a well known soft drinks manufacturer,extracts water from these wells for use in their products.Tehuacn also has an importantcluster of poultry producers, making the city and its surroundings one of the most importantegg producing regions in Mexico.

After the NAFTA agreement had been signed, Tehuacn saw a flood of textile maquiladorasestablished in the city and surrounding areas. These textile factories principally put togetherblue jeans for export to companies such as The Gap, Guess, Old Navy, and JC Penney. At

the height of the maquila (short for maquiladora) boom, there were an estimated number ofmore than 700 maquilas in town, including those that were operating from homes, often insecret. While this situation created a negative unemployment (zero unemployment) and themaquilas sought workers as far away as Orizaba and Crdoba in the neighboring state ofVeracruz, it also created an urban and environmental nightmare. In one decade, Tehuacnwent from being a town of 150,000 inhabitants to a city of 360,000. Although many maquilashave closed today, in 2007 there were still over 700 of them found in Tehuacn. Due to thepoverty of the families living in Tehuacn, child labour in the maquilas is common, andworker's rights are often exploited there. Additionally, chemicals such as caustic soda,chlorine, peroxide, oxalic acid, sodium bisulphate, potassium permanganate, and sodiumhexametaphosphate are being discharged into the freshwater supplies by the jean laundries.Despite having new purifying technologies available at certain large facilities, they are stillnot being used the majority of the time. The water, which contains heavy metals such asmercury, lead, copper, zinc, chrome, cadmium and selenium is then used by the farmers toirrigate their land. The cost of environmental deterioration in 2002 was estimated to be $63billion per year.

Historically, the Valley of Tehuacn is important to the whole of Mexico, as the most ancientforms of cultivated maize known were found here by archeologists.


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Tehuacn: The meaning of the name Tehuacan comes from the words: TEO = god; HUA =possessive; CAN = place; which means "Place of gods". The shield of Tehuacn is made upof four parts (more about the Shield).

Tehuacan was notable for being the site where the remains were found of the oldestdomesticated corn in the world, (up to 5,000 years B.C.). In addition to the Town Hall, theTemple of Carmen and the Temple of San Francisco, the Museum of Minerals in Tehuacanhas some of the most important mineralogical finds in Latin America.(moreabouttheMuseum of Minerals)


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SHIELD

GLYPH OF TEHUACAN

This is the currently accepted glyph city of Tehuacn. It is based on the work ofFelipe Franco's 1946 Geographic Indonimia Puebla State, same as inferredfromthe word Teohuacan, ie instead of gods or the sun.The glyph is interpreted

as follows: At the bottom you can see a gum with teeth,which means "place". Thealbum is a solar symbol, or sacred. Hence, to be knownasTehuacn "City ofGods", "Place of those gods", "Place of those with God" or more currently "SunCity"irleyendaTehuacn "Place of Godshistory tehuacanTehuacn is the second largest city in the Mexican state ofPuebla, nestled in the Southeast Valley of Tehuacn, bordering the states ofOaxaca and Veracruz. The 2010 census reported a population of 248,716 in thecity and 274,906 in its surrounding municipality of the same name, of which itserves as municipal seat. The municipality has an area of 390.36 km (150.72 sqmi).Originally a Native American settlement, it became officially a city in theViceroyalty of New Spain in 1660. According to the archaeologist RichardStockton MacNeish, the Valley of Tehuacn is the first place maize was evercultivated by humankind. He arrived at this conclusion when he found over10,000 teoscintle cobs in what is now known as the Cave of Coxcatlan.In the late nineteenth century, the city was well known for its mineral springs. Infact, Peafiel (now owned by Cadbury Schweppes), a well knownsoft drinksmanufacturer, extracts water from these wells for use in their products. Tehuacnalso has an important cluster of poultry producers, making the city and itssurroundings one of the most important egg producing regions in Mexico.After the NAFTA agreement had been signed, Tehuacn saw a flood of textile


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maquiladoras established in the city and surrounding areas. These textilefactories principally put together blue jeans for export to companies such as TheGap, Guess, Old Navy, and JC Penney. At the height of the maquila (short formaquiladora) boom, there were an estimated number of more than 700 maquilas

in town, including those that were operating from homes, often in secret. Whilethis situation created a negative unemployment (zero unemployment) and themaquilas sought workers as far away as Orizaba and Crdoba in the neighboringstate of Veracruz, it also created an urban and environmental nightmare. In onedecade, Tehuacn went from being a town of 150,000 inhabitants to a city of360,000. Although many maquilas have closed today, in 2007 there were stillover 700 of them found in Tehuacn.[3] Due to the poverty of the families living inTehuacn, child labour in the maquilas is common, and worker's rights are oftenexploited there. Additionally, chemicals such as caustic soda, chlorine, peroxide,oxalic acid, sodium bisulphate, potassium permanganate, and sodiumhexametaphosphate are being discharged into the freshwater supplies by theean laundries. Despite having new purifying technologies available at certain

large facilities, they are still not being used the majority of the time. The water,which contains heavy metals such as mercury, lead, copper, zinc, chrome,cadmium and selenium is then used by the farmers to irrigate their land. The costof environmental deterioration in 2002 was estimated to be $63 billion per year

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TEHUACAN HISTORY

Tehuacn (from the Nahuatl "theo" = God, "hua" = possessive, "can" = place, ie "place of the gods") is

a city, town and municipality located in the southeastern Mexican state of Puebla, located 130 km ofthe city of Puebla, 257 km from Mexico City and 321 km fromOaxaca City, at an altitude of 1,676

meters, semi-warm and semi-dry climate. Thepopulation according to the census of 2010 is 274.907

inhabitantsIts significance as Fray Juan de Torquemada's "Place of the Gods", "Land of Gods "

or "place of those who have God" and comes from the Nahuatlteo: God hua: his or her andcan: place.

Also known as "Tehuacn of Pomegranates" or the "First Latin AmericanHydromineral Center, also

known as" Tehuacn, city health. "Tehuacan was part of the Camino Real that connected the port of

Veracruz to Tenochtitlan,which influences for the construction of the Temple Carmelita has been

assigned to thepresentlocation.During the independence of Mexico was not as

conocidoyTehuacanavita where a fewpeople via trade and some people almost not interested in the

area that today isTehuacan.At the time of Independence the city was used as military barracks by

theillustrious leader VarelioTrujano.Over time people were populating it, because it was used as aroute and also could beproduced maize and thus became time in a city where ce traded products.

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