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chalco
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 3758
Land area (2000): 2.899020 sq. miles (7.508426 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.899020 sq. miles (7.508426 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08640
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.183539 N, 96.133791 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Chalco
Wikipedia
Chālco was a complex pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl or confederacy in central Mexico. It was divided into the four sub-altepetl of Tlalmanalco/ Tlacochcalco, Amaquemecan, Tenanco Texopalco Tepopolla and Chimalhuacan-Chalco, which were themselves further subdivided into altepetl tlayacatl, each with its own tlatoani (king). Its inhabitants were known as the Chālcatl (singular) or Chālcah ( plural).
In the 14th and early 15th centuries, flower wars were fought between the Chalca and the Aztecs. Serious war erupted in 1446. According to the Amaqueme historian Chimalpahin, this was because the Chalca refused a Mexica demand to contribute building materials for the temple of Huitzilopochtli. Chalco was finally conquered by the Aztecs under Moctezuma I in or around 1465, and the kings of Chalco were exiled to Huexotzinco. The rulerships were restored by Tizoc in 1486, who installed new tlatoque. Chalco paid more tribute to Tenochtitlan in the form of food than any other region in the Valley of Mexico, probably because of its fertile soil and location.
The Spanish conquistadors Pedro de Alvarado and Bernardino Vázquez de Tapia reached Chalco in the fall of 1519. The Chalca allied with the Spaniards and participated in the defeat of the Aztecs. Hernán Cortés claimed Chalco for himself as an encomienda, but failed to maintain his possession of it. Chalco was designated a corregimiento by 1533. Several places outside the traditional region of Chalco were added to it in colonial times.
Chalco may refer to:
- A Chinese aluminum manufacturing company
- Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, or simply Chalco, seat of the municipality of Chalco, State of México
- Chalco (altépetl), an altépetl or pre-Columbian city-state in central Mexico
- Lake Chalco, endorheic lake formerly located in the Valley of Mexico
- Chalco, Nebraska in northern Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States
- Chalco Hills Recreation Area in Nebraska
- Valle de Chalco Solidaridad, a municipality located in State of Mexico, Mexico
- Aluminum Corporation of China Limited
- The Chalco system in A.A. Attanasio's The Last Legends of Earth
Usage examples of "chalco".
Luke turned and walked back up the corridor to the lounge, where Anakin and Chalco both sat.
This offended Anakin, who only partially accepted the explanation that the tables Chalco normally played on had had their code sliced so often that the only way to win was by cheating the other guy better.
Since he'd been able to keep Chalco in his seat during the atmospheric entry, Anakin knew he could easily stop the man from moving.
The question came loaded with pique, but Chalco relaxed and leaned against the bulkhead, so Anakin assumed the tone was more for show than reflective of any true upset.
Worse than following Chalco off on some silly errand would be to tip Daeshara'cor to their presence and start her running in earnest.
Farther down the alley a ragged Gotal looked at them, but a snarl from Chalco sent him shambling down to the far end.
He slid into the booth to which Chalco directed him, then furiously wiped his hands on his pants, hoping to clean them.
It hit Chalco in the right knee, then raced like lightning up his body and around his belly.
Worse than following Chalco off on some silly errand would be to tip Daeshara’cor to their presence and start her running in earnest.
Since he’d been able to keep Chalco in his seat during the atmospheric entry, Anakin knew he could easily stop the man from moving.
By slow degrees as we passed upon our downward road the vapours cleared away, and the lakes of Tezcuco, Chalco, and Xochicalco shone in the sunlight like giant mirrors.
In its lower part, the lake is called Chalco, after the Chalca nation which borders it.
So thought Guatemoc also, but there were few troops to spare, for the most of our force had been despatched to threaten a city named Chalco, that, though its people were of the Aztec blood, had not been ashamed to desert the Aztec cause.