What is "texcoco"

Mexico-Texcoco ( Classical Nahuatl: Tetzco(h)co ), commonly known as Texcoco, was a major Acolhua city-state in the central Mexican plateau region of Mesoamerica during the Late Postclassic period of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology. It was situated on the eastern bank of Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico, to the northeast of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. The site of pre-Columbian Texcoco is now subsumed by the modern Mexican municipio of Texcoco and its major settlement, the city formally known as Texcoco de Mora. It also lies within the greater metropolitan area of Mexico City.

Pre-Columbian Texcoco is most noted for its membership in the Aztec Triple Alliance. At the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, it was one of the largest and most prestigious cities in central Mexico, second only to the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. A survey of Mesoamerican cities estimated that pre-conquest Texcoco had a population of 24,000 and occupied an area of 450 hectares.

The people of Tetzcohco were called Tetzcocatl (singular) or Tetzcocah ( plural).

Texcoco or Tezcoco may refer to:

• Texcoco (altepetl), the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city-state and founder of the Aztec Triple Alliance
• Texcoco, State of Mexico, the modern-day Mexican municipality, which includes the city of Texcoco de Mora
• Lake Texcoco, the (former) lake in the Valley of Mexico

• Tezcuco plantation, listed on the NRHP in Ascension Parish, Louisiana