Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero. Mexico (Part 1)

Taxco de Alarcón (usually referred to as simply “Taxco”) is a small city and municipality located in the Mexicanstate of Guerrero. The name Taxco is most likely derived from the Nahuatl word tlacheco, which means “place of the ballgame.” However, one interpretation has the name coming from the word tatzco which means “where the father of the water is,” due to the high waterfall near the town center on Atatzin Mountain. “De Alarcón” is in honor of writerJuan Ruiz de Alarcón who was a native of the town. Like many municipalities in central Mexico, the municipality’s coat-of-arms is an Aztec glyph. This glyph is in the shape of a Mesoamerican ballcourt with rings, players and skulls, derived from the most likely source of Taxco’s name.^[1]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxco

UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous University of Mexico) is a university in Mexico.^[7] UNAM was founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra^[1][2][3][4] as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico (founded on 21 September 1551 by a royal decree of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and brought to a definitive closure in 1867 by the liberals).^{[9][dead link][citation needed]} UNAM's autonomy, granted in the 1920s^[vague], has given it the freedom to define its own curriculum and manage its own budget without interference from the government. This has had a profound effect on academic life at the university, which some claim boosts academic freedom and independence.^[10]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Autonomous_University_of_Mexico

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