Ixtlahuaca de Ray N

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Ixtlahuaca de Rayon is a city and municipality north of Toluca in the northwest part of the State of Mexico, in Mexico.

The distance between Mexico City and Ixtlahuaca is 32 km.

The name Ixthahuaca comes from Nahuatl and means plains without trees.

The city and municipality were officially established by decree on November 14, 1816 by the Congress of the State of Mexico.

The city of Ixtlahuca de Rayon had a population of 7,114 at the 2005 census.

When the town was officially established, the appendage of "de Rayon" was added to the name in honor of Francisco Lopez Rayon who was executed by royalist forces during the Mexican War of Independence here on the side of the municipal palace.