Mexican Political Geography

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Toluca

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Toluca, México/Mexico Derived from a Nahuatl expression tollocan ‘those who bow their heads’. The full name is Toluca de Lerdo, ‘de Lerdo’ being added in 1861 as a tribute to Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, the Mexican president.

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