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Xochitlán Todos Santos (municipality) is one of the 217 town and municipalities of the Mexican state of Puebla. It was founded in 1895. Xochitlán, name composed of the Nahua words, "xochitl", flower, and "tlan", together. The full name means "among the flowers". According to the last census by INEGI in 2010, the municipality has a total population of 6,049 inhabitants, which gives it an approximate population density of 37 inhabitants per square kilometer. The primary industry is agriculture, since the inhabitants dedicate themselves mostly to the sowing of corn, beans, alfalfa and sorghum. In second place we find livestock, a greater number of ranchers are dedicated to raising cattle or cattle and pigs. Unlike a minority that is dedicated to raising sheep, goats, horses, poultry and beekeeping. Xochitlán Todos Santos was founded by Olmec Xicalanca groups that settled there in pre-Hispanic times, dominated by Tepeaca, a tributary of Mexico. It belonged to the old district of Tecamachalco and in 1895 a free municipality was established. There is a parish dedicated to the Virgin of the Assumption dated from the 17th century. Located here is the Chapel of the Hacienda de San Jerónimo Álfaro founded by the Jesuits dedicated to Santa Rosalía. At the main entrance there is an underground tunnel to Tecamachalco, which was last used during the Mexican Revolution. The municipality is located roughly above sea level and covers an area of . To the north, it borders the municipalities of Tochtepec and Tecamachalco, to the west is Huitziltepec and Molcaxac, to the south are the municipalities of Juan N. Mendez and Tepexi de Rodríguez, and to the east are Yehualtepec and the municipality of Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez. Xochitlán is connected by 3 highways: Xochitlán-Tecamachalco, Xochitlán-Tlacoptec de Benito Juárez and Xochitlán-Dolores Hidalgo. As for collective transportation, the municipality has Route 19 bound for Tlacotepec and Tecamachalco.
