Puebla–Tlaxcala Valley
The Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley is a valley located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. It lies within the Mexican states of Puebla and Tlaxcala. It contains a large part of the Metropolitan area of Puebla, the country’s fourth-largest urban agglomeration in terms of population and economic activity.
It is bordered to the north by the so-called Tlaxcala Block and La Malinche volcano; to the west by the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, as well as the Nealtican badlands; to the southwest by the valleys of Atlixco and Matamoros; to the southeast by the Mixteca region of Puebla; and to the east by the Serdán Valley.[1]
History
In pre-Hispanic Mexico, the area where the city of Puebla is now located was called Cuetlaxcoapan, from Nahuatl place where snakes shed their skin. In present-day regional classifications, it is also called the “Tlaxcala-Puebla Valley”[2] in Tlaxcala and the “Angelópolis Region”[3] in Puebla.
Current
The parts of the valley that have not been urbanised are used mainly for agriculture. Only a few remnants of the original pine–oak forest remain on hills and in ravines. The rest has been replaced by agricultural plants, particularly the milpa system; ornamental plants such as ficus trees, jacarandas and palm trees; and trees planted as windbreaks between cultivated fields, especially Peruvian pepper trees, eucalyptus trees and willows.
See also
References
- ↑ Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. "Regionalización - Puebla". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. "Regionalización - Tlaxcala". Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ González, Salvador (10 November 2011). "Región IV. Angelópolis". Retrieved 5 August 2016.