Santa Isabel Ixtapan
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Santa Isabel Ixtapan is a community which is part of the municipality of San Salvador Atenco
in the State of Mexico, Mexico
. It has 4,125 inhabitants and lies 2,240 meters above sea level.
The area is known for having one of the largest and best-studied mammoth
kill sites in the Valley of Mexico
.
San Salvador Atenco
San Salvador Atenco is the municipal seat of Atenco, in the Mexican state of Mexico.The name "Atenco" comes from a Nahuatl phrase meaning "place on the edge of water". -The town:...
in the State of Mexico, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It has 4,125 inhabitants and lies 2,240 meters above sea level.
The area is known for having one of the largest and best-studied mammoth
Mammoth
A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus. These proboscideans are members of Elephantidae, the family of elephants and mammoths, and close relatives of modern elephants. They were often equipped with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair...
kill sites in the Valley of Mexico
Valley of Mexico
The Valley of Mexico is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with the present-day Distrito Federal and the eastern half of the State of Mexico. Surrounded by mountains and volcanoes, the Valley of Mexico was a centre for several pre-Columbian civilizations, including...
.