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Ixtenco Municipality is a municipality in Tlaxcala in south-eastern Mexico.
The town of Ixtenco serves as the local government for the municipality of the same name, a territory of 43.532km2 which contains only one other community, called Miguel Muñoz León. The municipality borders the municipalities of Huamantla, and Trinidad Sández Santo, with the State of Puebla to the south and east. The municipal government consists of a municipal president, one syndic and seven representatives called regidors. The terrain sits on an old lava flow which determines the areas soil composition and underground water flows.
From its past, the municipality contains the ruins of two major haciendas, both constructed in the 18th century with stone walls up to a meter thick. The San Antonio Cuauhtla Hacienda still keeps largely intact its main house, tower, well, stables and other facilities but the San Cristóbal Haciendia is in ruins.
Ixtenco is located in Ixtenco Municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. It is a traditional Otomi community, which has conserved its agricultural economic base and various traditions. However, it is one of the poorest and least populated of the state’s municipalities. The town’s main landmark is the San Juan Bautista Parish and the municipality contains the remains of colonial era haciendas. The municipality lies on an old lava flow from the nearby La Malinche Volcano, which provides its volcanic soil, but because of the destruction of forests and overgrazing, erosion is a significant problem.