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Tepeyac or the Hill of Tepeyac, historically known by the names "Tepeyacac" and "Tepeaquilla", is located inside Gustavo A. Madero
Gustavo A. Madero, D.F.

Gustavo A. Madero is one of the 16 Boroughs of the Mexican Federal District into which Mexico's Mexican Federal District is divided.Founded as "Villa de Guadalupe" in 1563, it became the city of "Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo" in 1828, and finally a delegaci?n in 1931; as such, it was named after Gustavo A....
, the northernmost delegación or borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 of the Mexican Federal District. It is the site where Saint
Saint

A saint in Christianity is a human being who has been called to holiness. The term is used differently by various denominations, with some, such as the Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans distinguishing between Saints and saints....
 Juan Diego
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

According to Mexican Catholic tradition Juan Diego, or Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, , was an indigenous Mexican who reported a Marian apparition, Our Lady of Guadalupe, in 1531....
 is said to have met the Virgin of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe

Our Lady of Guadalupe is a celebrated 16th-century icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. The image, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe represents a famous Marian apparition....
 in December of 1531, and the Basilica of Guadalupe is located there today.

Tepeyac is also believed to have been a pre-Columbian worship site for the indigenous mother goddess
Goddess

A goddess is a female deity. Often deities are part of a polytheism system that includes several deities in a pantheon .Common associations of goddesses are the Earth goddess, the Mother Goddess, Love goddess, and the hearth goddess, reflecting historical gender roles....
 Tonantzin
Tonantzin

In Aztec mythology, Tonantzin is considered Mother Earth.Among the titles and honorifics bestowed upon Tonantzin are "Goddess of Sustenance", "Honored Grandmother", "Snake", "Bringer of Maize" and "Mother of the Corn"....
.

In Nahuatl
Nahuatl language

Nahuatl is a group of related languages and dialects of the Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.Collectively they are spoken by an estimated Nahua peoples, most of whom live in Central Mexico....
, Tepeyacac is a proper noun, a combination of tepetl ("mountain"), yacatl ("nose"), and the relational word -c, ("at").






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Tepeyac or the Hill of Tepeyac, historically known by the names "Tepeyacac" and "Tepeaquilla", is located inside Gustavo A. Madero
Gustavo A. Madero, D.F.

Gustavo A. Madero is one of the 16 Boroughs of the Mexican Federal District into which Mexico's Mexican Federal District is divided.Founded as "Villa de Guadalupe" in 1563, it became the city of "Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo" in 1828, and finally a delegaci?n in 1931; as such, it was named after Gustavo A....
, the northernmost delegación or borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 of the Mexican Federal District. It is the site where Saint
Saint

A saint in Christianity is a human being who has been called to holiness. The term is used differently by various denominations, with some, such as the Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans distinguishing between Saints and saints....
 Juan Diego
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

According to Mexican Catholic tradition Juan Diego, or Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, , was an indigenous Mexican who reported a Marian apparition, Our Lady of Guadalupe, in 1531....
 is said to have met the Virgin of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe

Our Lady of Guadalupe is a celebrated 16th-century icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. The image, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe represents a famous Marian apparition....
 in December of 1531, and the Basilica of Guadalupe is located there today.

Tepeyac is also believed to have been a pre-Columbian worship site for the indigenous mother goddess
Goddess

A goddess is a female deity. Often deities are part of a polytheism system that includes several deities in a pantheon .Common associations of goddesses are the Earth goddess, the Mother Goddess, Love goddess, and the hearth goddess, reflecting historical gender roles....
 Tonantzin
Tonantzin

In Aztec mythology, Tonantzin is considered Mother Earth.Among the titles and honorifics bestowed upon Tonantzin are "Goddess of Sustenance", "Honored Grandmother", "Snake", "Bringer of Maize" and "Mother of the Corn"....
.

In Nahuatl
Nahuatl language

Nahuatl is a group of related languages and dialects of the Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.Collectively they are spoken by an estimated Nahua peoples, most of whom live in Central Mexico....
, Tepeyacac is a proper noun, a combination of tepetl ("mountain"), yacatl ("nose"), and the relational word -c, ("at"). According to scholars of Nahuatl, "The term would generally be expected to mean a settlement on the ridge or brow of a hill. Since yacatl (the nose going first) often implies antecedence, here the word may refer to the fact that the hill is the first and most prominent of a series of three."