User talk:Montserratgaga

My Biography:

My name is Montserrat Gallarza, i born in Toluca city, and i have 20 years old. When i was a little girl, i liked playing with my barbies, playing to cook, and playing with my mom because i alone daughter. My fathers separated when i was 6 years old, and i went to live with my mom and my father went live in Zitácuaro, because he was born there. My life as student has been beautiful, i had fun very much, i enjoyed my friends, my classrooms, my teachers, and my enemis of chilhood (jajaja). My family is little but is beautiful the best family of the world, they are my life, and my family was increase, because right now is my boyfriend and her family. In the lover, in this moment i´m very in love, because i already have 2 years with my boyfriend. In this moment in my life i´m not good, because my family have a lot of money problems but we are united. In the school i´m good, i´m with my friends, school, teachers, and these make that i feeling good.

My life has been beautiful, with problems, joyings, discussions,and although too love. I love my life

Montse.

XALATLACO, ESTADO DE MEXICO.
It is located 50 kilometres south-west of Mexico City, 32 kilometres south-west of the city of Toluca and 75 km northwest of the city of Cuernavaca.

The town is located between 19 ° 12 '44 "north latitude and 99 ° 27' 25" W and between 19 º 07 '39 "north latitude and 99 ° 16' 48" west longitude.

The town has a land area of 93.23 square kilometers.

It’s bordered on the north by the towns by La Magdalena de los Reyes, Tilapa municipality of Santiago Tianguistenco, Mex; to the south by St. Nicholas Coatepec, township and town of Tianguistenco Ocuilan; east, with land Ajusco, Topilejo, Federal District and Hutzilac, state of Morelos, and the west, with Capulhuac, Guadalupe Yancuitlalpan and the capital town of Santiago Tianguistenco, as well as the municipality of Santa Cruz Atizapán.

Xalatlaco has twelve thousand inhabitants engaged in farming, trade, industry, handicrafts and services.

In 1040 a.C., Xalatlaco was mentionated in descriptions made by the Toltecs. After these invading peoples settled in the Valle of Mexico and the surrounding areas seized Xalatlaco, then inhabited by the Otomi, Matlatzincas and Mazahuas.

Xalatlaco comes from the Nahuatl Xalatlauhco: xal, xalli, "sand"; atlauh, atlauhtli means "cliff". This term is the implicit word atl, which means "water"; co, "" on, "instead of". "In the cliff of" water "and sand". "This add sup to Place of water on the sand in the cliff."

The economically active population consists of 30% employees of businesses, street vendors, 20%, with staples. Established businesses consist of 15% industry, 15% professional services and tourism, handicrafts 10%, 5% and masonry and carpentry, 5%.

MADE BY MONTSERRAT GALLARZA GARCIA

First Settlers
Xalatlaco is one of the most ancient towns of Anahuac as established by the discovery of significant archeological pieces in the town. Due to the influence of the Azteca culture, Xalatlaco reached its maximum development and was part of the Triple Alliance (Tenochtitlán, Aculhuacán Texcoco y Tlacopan).

In 1522, Hérnan Cortes invades Xalatlaco and by the superiority of arms the Spanish troops, the people of Xalatlaco are defeat. On October 10, 1972, the State Congress, amount to a category of Xalatlaco town.

Porfiriato
During the prolonged Porfirista period, Xalatlaco as a farming village, suffers injustices of the dictatorship by the Cacique Dolores Reynoso.

Mexican Revolution
Xalatlaco, was a village farmer and was rose in arms to support the General Emiliano Zapata when he fighting for a village farmer that they are a Porfirista victims. On December 11, 1915, with all barbarism people, the town was burned by the carrancistas. Finally, on February 3, 1918, the survivors of the town that it had been burned return to Xalatlaco.

Religion
Catholic is the most important religion in Xalatlaco as it has 11,380 believers who represent the 94% of the population.

Education
The State provides education in its different levels so there are not private schools. There is an 8% of illiteracy in this municipality.

Economy
There are 3 principal sectors: agriculture, livestock and industry. Agriculture is important but it has not a decent profit because of the low prices of the agricultural prices and the high prices of fertilizers.

Xalatlaco has an abundant forages’ production so it posses a very high farmer production.

“Perhaps” which is a major employer in the town, makes costume jewelry. Mercedes Benz also has a facility here.

Dances
The native dances are “Los Tlaxinquez”, “Los Arrieros” and “Los lobitos”, and every dance is presented during the patron saint’s days.

==Handicrafts== People make “sarapes”, shawls, sweters, wool skirts and a traditional type of broom.

Government
It consists of a municipal president, trustee and ten “regidores”, who have specified issues that they must attend: education al culture, public investments, sports, communications, water, ecology and healthiness. Also, there are the office of treasurer, the office of vital statistics, DIF and Public Security.

Geography
Its located 50 kilometers southeast of Mexico City and 32 kilometers southwest of Toluca. Bordered on the north by the towns “La Magdalena de los Reyes”, “Santiago Tilapa” and Tianguistenco, to the south with “San Nicolas”, “Coatepec”, etc. Its territorial extension is 93.23 square kilometers. The whether that is more common is wet. It has a variety of flower such oyameles and pinos also animals such snakes, rabbits and maguey worm. According to studies about the population there were 257 habitants those who speak an indigenous language. According to the INEGI data for the year 1995 there were a total of 17,601 people.