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Zacatepec de Hidalgo (Zacatepec from nahuatl Zacatl meaning grass and tepetl meaning hill, thus loosely meaning "grassy hill") is a town in the state of Morelos, Mexico. It stands at . Bordered by Puente de Ixtla, Tlaltizapan, Tlaquiltenango and Jojutla. The town serves as the local seat for government, with which it shares the name. The municipality reported 33,331 inhabitants in the 2000 census. The main industry in the town and its surrounding countryside is that of sugar cane cultivation and processing. The most noticeable feature of the town is the sugar mill located in its centre and during operating hours the air of the settlement is laden with the sickly-sweet smell of sugar. Students come from surrounding parts of Morelos to study at the public university, the Instituto Tecnológico de Zacatepc, which is located on a site adjacent to the sugar mill. ==History== In precolumbian times Zacatepec was under the Tlahuica lordship of Cuauhnahuac (Cuernavaca). After the conquest it fell under the jurisdiction of the Count of Oaxaca. The independence of Mexico put Zacatepec in the State of Mexico, until the creation of the State of Morelos. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zacatepec de Hidalgo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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