Puente de Ixtla
Puente de Ixtla | |
|---|---|
City and municipality | |
Una iglesia en Puente de Ixtla, Morelos | |
| Coordinates: 18°37′0″N 99°19′11″W / 18.61667°N 99.31972°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Morelos |
| Elevation | 897 m (2,943 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 20,434 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Puente de Ixtla is a city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at 18°37′01″N 99°19′23″W / 18.617°N 99.323°W. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality reported 66,435 inhabitants in the year 2015 census.
The town gets its name from a 16th-century bridge (Puente) and Ixtla, which comes from Nahuatl its (obsidian) and tla (abundance), meaning "Place where obsidian abounds".