Tlalnepantla de Baz
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• Tlalnepantla comes from the Náhuatl words tlalli (land) and nepantla (middle) to mean the middle land
• The city was known in prior times as Tlalnepantla de Galeana and Tlalnepantla de Comonfort, to honor Hermenegildo Galeana and Ignacio Comonfort, respectively
• The current addition of Baz comes from the last name of Gustavo Baz Prada, an important politician and soldier of Emiliano Zapata's army during the Mexican Revolution
• After the Revolution, Baz Prada became Governor of the State of Mexico and President of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
• It is located in the northeastern part of the state of Mexico, in the Valley of Mexico north of Mexico City proper
• Together with Atizapan, it comprises the dense Region XII (Mexico State) of Mexico State