Santiago Tequixquiac

Town hall in Santiago Tequixquiac.

During a drought, a sculpture of the "Señor de la Capilla" (Our Lord of the Chapel) was brought over to Tequixquiac from Apaxco. When the drought broke, the image was not returned, presumably because it was made of fiber and had grown too heavy to carry. From then on, it has stayed in this town and many miracles have been attributed to it. The parish's vault was constructed in 1856.[2]

The first school in the town was built in 1856 in the San Miguelito neighborhood by Narciso Vargas.[2]

In the 20th century, the production of pulque was economically important here, with the Hacienda of San Sebastián being the major producer. A railway to connect Mexico City with the rest of the country was built through here in 1917 on what is now Alfredo del Mazo street, but was dismantled for political reason in 1945.[2]

Meeting for more security and no civil deaths by organized crime, 2011.

The town of Santiago Tequixquiac became urbanized as part of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area starting in the 1950s with urban problems now,[2] this urban sectors named agricultural colonies and new colonies at neighborhoods is the answer by Mexican Revolution for the redistribution of agricultural land, these new colonies have got many problems, the land propriety is very complicated, no urban planning, no security, no municipal services as water, lighting web, cleaning garbage service or pavement on the streets. In these places have got a growing demographic no planning and poverty on natural places or agricultural lands.

Santiago Tequixquiac hasn't united with other towns, has got many farms and growing land between other urban areas, but has arrived here more people come from others places. The native people has got vulnerability with an organized crime and narcotrafic cartels with impunity in the municipal government and policy.[4]

Since 1999, the town has been divided into 5 administrative barrios (in Spanish),[5] each neighborhood has got colonies or seccions:

The neighborhoods (barrios) are based mostly on historical divisions, and several are former villages annexed by the town seat of Santiago Tequixquiac since Spanish colonial period in New Spain by religious administrative government. Each neighborhood has its own council led by a councilor (presidente del concejo in Spanish), also named COPACI concejo de participación ciudadana or Civil Participative Council. The composition of each neighborhood council depends on the number of votes each political civil parties (planillas in Spanish).

Since 1999, the city has been divided into 2 administrative Agricultural colonies (colonias ejidales in Spanish),[5] is urban sectors consolidated in the 20th century on communal land by farmer's son homes :

The Agricultural colonies (colonias ejidales) are based mostly on communal land divisions over neighborhood pad or way, and several are former urban sectors annexed by the town seat of Santiago Tequixquiac since 1960. Each Agricultural colony has its own communal sheriff (comisariado ejidal in Spanish), also the colony people use the COPACI concejo de participación ciudadana or Civil Participative Council. The composition of each colony council depends on the number of votes each political civil parties (planillas in Spanish).

Santiago Tequixquiac Downtown.

• Saint James Apostle Parish is a most important monument in Santiago Tequixquiac town is located at Cuauhtémoc Main Plaza.[6][7] This temple was constructed in various phases. The atrium was a large space encased in stone with a cross on top of it but with Christian and indigenous symbols mixed on its walls. In each of its four corners there are wells and in the center there is an open space with Solomonic columns. The facade contains two doorways that are elaborately decorated in stonework which contains indigenous symbolism as well. The temple and the town are dedicated to the Apostle James.
• El Calvario Chapel is catholic chapel built by religious activities for indigenous people in 1796.[8]
• Great Channel of Tequixquiac was a construction built in 1937 for to continue the working Water system of Mexico City.[9]
• Municipal House of Tequixquiac, is government house of the Ayuntamiento municipal seat, is located at Cuauhtémoc Main Plaza, into was painted murals that to describe a municipal history, since prehistoric to the 20th century.
• El Mesias Methodist church of Tequixquiac was the first Protestant temple built in Tequixquiac for English mine workers precedents from Real del Monte and Pachuca city, who built the second phase of the desagüe channel of Gran Canal with a British company in 1872.[10] In old Acatlan Hacienda was the first temple inside the working campament, after was built in Tequixquiac Downtown in 1901.[11]
• Casa de los Padres a residence firstly inhabited by a catholic priest, was built in 1930 with a New Spain style. Other owners were a Salinas family and Pérez family.
• Old cemetery Is a monument built in 1920, many death was changed from Saint James Apostle Parish to cemetery, after was made an agricultural defenders commemoration in the army movement into lands of Santiago Tequixquiac ejido (communal lands).
• Great Channel of El Tajo was a construction built in various phases, was inaugurated in 1900 by president Porfirio Díaz as the working Water system of Mexico City.
• Calcium oxide horns and chimney was constructions built for start the caves of Great Channel of Mexico City.

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  Santiago Apóstol parish in Tequixquiac
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  Santiago Apóstol parish in Tequixquiac
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  The Calvario chapel
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  Calcium oxide horns in El Tajo
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  Calcium oxide horns in El Tajo
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  Casa de los Padres.
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  Old cemetery
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  Municipal hall of Tequixquiac
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  Murals of municipal hall
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  Methodist church in Tequixquiac
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  Great Channel of Tequixquiac La Cinco
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  Great Channel of El Tajo