Metro Tepalcates
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Tepalcates

Platform of Tepalcates
Mexico City Metro
Mexico City Metro
The Mexico City Metro , officially called Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, is a metro system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City...

Canal de San Juan
Metro Canal de San Juan
Canal de San Juan is a station along Line A of the Mexico City Metro.The logo for the station depicts the bow of an Aztec canoe travelling through a canal. The station was opened on 12 August 1991.- References :...


Line A
Guelatao
Metro Guelatao
Guelatao is a station along Line A of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Voceadores and Colonia Ejercito de Oriente neighborhoods of the Iztapalapa borough of northeastern Mexico City....



Tepalcates is a station
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 on the Mexico City Metro
Mexico City Metro
The Mexico City Metro , officially called Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, is a metro system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City...

. It is located in the Iztapalapa
Iztapalapa
Iztapalapa is one of the Federal District of Mexico City’s 16 boroughs, located on the east side of the entity. The borough is named after and centered on the formerly independent municipality of Iztapalapa, which is officially called Iztapalapa de Cuitláhuac for disambiguation purposes...

 borough, to the east of downtown Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

. It is on Line A. It is also the eastern terminus of Metrobús
Mexico City Metrobús
Metrobús is a bus rapid transit system in Mexico City, Mexico. It comprises 3 lines that traverse the city and connect with other forms of transit. It was officially opened to the public with service along Line 1 on 19 June 2005...

 line 2. The station was opened on 12 August 1991.

The logo of the station depicts a side view of a pre hispanic pottery bowl of the types made in Puebla and Tlaxcala. The name tepalcates is Nahuatl
Nahuatl
Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

for clay or pottery items.
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