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fireworks and sparklers as well as several types of rockets; Cirilo Sánchez (1920), who worked on aerostatic balloons; as well as Tomás Romero, Ángel Urbán Rivero, Marcos Romero, and Felipe Fiesco, who innovated such items as the electric target, the spider bomb, and two-figure wheels between 1930 and 1934.
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1073:San Antonio la Isla
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1188:Tepotzotlán
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1103:Santo Tomás
1048:Otzolotepec
828:Chicoloapan
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1168:Teoloyucan
1063:Polotitlán
1043:Otzoloapan
1023:Nopaltepec
1008:Nextlalpan
958:Juchitepec
953:Joquicingo
948:Jocotitlán
943:Jiquipilco
938:Jilotzingo
923:Ixtlahuaca
908:Ixtapaluca
898:Hueypoxtla
893:Huehuetoca
863:Cuautitlán
853:Cocotitlán
833:Chiconcuac
582:2008-08-04
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501:References
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464:Nextlalpan
371:Cuautitlán
367:Encomienda
363:Teoloyucan
355:Huehuetoca
212:Population
178:Government
119:99°07′41″W
116:19°41′06″N
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1298:Xalatlaco
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1123:Tejuplico
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1028:Ocoyoacac
978:Malinalco
933:Jilotepec
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698:(capital)
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257:(Central)
226:Time zone
204:Elevation
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1328:Zumpango
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1223:Timilpan
1213:Tezoyuca
1113:Sultepec
973:Luvianos
928:Jaltenco
823:Chiautla
798:Calimaya
793:Ayapango
788:Axapusco
783:Atlautla
768:Atizapán
748:Amatepec
743:Amanalco
601:Fox News
476:Coacalco
351:Xaltocán
347:Zumpango
316:The city
272:Tōltepec
264:Tultepec
173:Tultepec
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23:Tultepec
1208:Texcoco
1148:Temoaya
1118:Tecámac
1033:Ocuilan
998:Morelos
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718:Acolman
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306:Náhuatl
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235:Central
145:Country
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1053:Ozumba
1038:Otumba
963:La Paz
888:El Oro
763:Atenco
758:Apaxco
723:Aculco
696:Toluca
407:pulque
387:Europe
343:Otomis
294:Mexico
220:91,808
150:Mexico
1068:Rayón
968:Lerma
276:Otomi
255:UTC-5
231:UTC-6
157:State
609:2016
478:and
385:and
310:tule
191:Area
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