Editing Tetzcoco (altepetl) (section)

{{Short description|Pre-Columbian city-state}}
{{other uses|Texcoco (disambiguation){{!}}Texcoco}}
{{about|the pre-Columbian city-state|the modern municipality and city|Texcoco, Mexico State|the lake|Lake Texcoco}}
{{Infobox country
|conventional_long_name = Tetzcoco
|common_name = Tetzcoco
|government_type = Monarchy
|common_languages = [[Classical Nahuatl]]
|religion = [[Aztec religion]]
|capital = <nowiki>Tetzcoco</nowiki>
|year_start = 1200
|year_end = 1521
|event_end = [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]]
|era = Pre-Columbian
|image_coat = Tetzcoco glyph.svg
|symbol_type = Glyph
|coa_size = 75px
|image_map = Lake Texcoco c 1519.png
|image_map_caption = The [[Valley of Mexico]] at the time of the [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire|Spanish conquest]], showing Texcoco in relation to Tenochtitlan and other cities in the Valley of Mexico.
|s1 = New Spain
|flag_s1 = Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg
|population_estimate=24,000
|population_estimate_year=pre-1521<ref>Smith (2005), p. 411.</ref>
}}

[[File:05-12-MX_Tetz_Baño_Rey.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Tetzcotzingo]] Baths]] 
'''Tetzcoco''' ([[Classical Nahuatl]]: ''Tetzco(h)co'' {{IPA|nah|tetsˈkoʔko|pron}}, [[Otomi language|Otomi]]: {{Lang|ote|Antamäwädehe}}) was a major [[Acolhua]] [[altepetl]] ([[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 Tetzcoco is now subsumed by the modern [[Mexico|Mexican]] ''[[municipio (Mexico)|municipio]]'' of [[Texcoco, Mexico State|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 Tetzcoco is most noted for its membership in the [[Aztec Triple Alliance]].  At the time of the [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]], it was one of the largest and most prestigious cities in central Mexico, second only to the [[Aztec]] capital, [[Tenochtitlan]].  A survey of [[Mesoamerica]]n cities estimated that pre-conquest Tetzcoco had a population of 24,000+ and occupied an area of 450 [[hectare]]s.<ref>Smith (2005), p. 411.</ref>

The people of ''Tetzcoco'' were called ''Tetzcocatl'' {{IPA|nah|tet͡sˈkokat͡ɬ|}} (singular) or ''Tetzcocah'' {{IPA|nah|tet͡sˈkokaʔ|}} ([[plural]]).