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Tejupilco is a municipality of the State of Mexico, Mexico, with the municipal seat located approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of the state capital Toluca, along Mexican Federal Highway 34. The municipality has a total area of some 1,327 km², with a contrasting topography ranging from deep ravines and canyons to high ridges; the highest elevation within the municipality reaches some 1,340 metres (4,396 ft) asl. The 2005 census recorded a population of 62,547 inhabitants.

Tejupilco was the first main district founded on April 1829.

Dating from before the Spanish Conquest, indigenous groups such as Otomi, Mazahua and Matlatzinca have lived in the area now circumscribed by the modern municipality. A number of pre-Columbian archaeological sites within the municipal boundaries are known, but as yet little investigated. The name "Tejupilco" derives from Nahuatl and means "in the toes."

Main economic activities are in the agricultural and local retail sectors. Agriculture is the most significant, with some 93,586 hectares under cultivation. Commerce and retail ranks as the second-most productive economic sector.

A market held each Sunday is a main retail venue, where products and crafts typical of the region are sold.

Food in the region: the typical gastronomy of the region includes a bread known as "niguas", which is made with natural fruit.

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