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ingredients such as nuts, peanuts, sesame seeds and spices such as cinnamon. While the flavors have multiplied and changed, the consistency of the sauce has remained the same. Almost 92% of the community's population makes a living related to the preparation and sale of the sauce. The moles of San Pedro
Atocpan are not made in factories but rather in small family-owned enterprises. Moles of different flavors, aromas, colors and textures are made, but the specialty is "mole almendrado" (almond mole), which was invented here and made with between 26 and 28 ingredients, always with a base of three chili peppers:
274:. It was successful, but they brought with them only two kilos, since it was made by hand grinding the ingredients. With the paving of the main road (now the Mexico City-Oaxtepec highway) and the introduction of electricity in 1947, it became easier to make and transport mole to the city. Since then, a sauce that was traditionally made for family use became a commodity for the town. The town now produces 60% of the mole made in Mexico and 89% of the mole consumed in Mexico City, adding up to between 28,000 and 30,000 tons of mole produced each year.
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214:, which employs over 90% of the community and provides almost all of the sauce that is eaten in Mexico City. Despite being in the Federal District and the second largest district in size, Milpa Alta is distinctly rural. Only 116,000 of Mexico City's 8 million inhabitants live in the entire borough, and as of 2005, only 8,997 lived in San Pedro Atocpan. The name "Atocpan" is from
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was held not in
October but rather in May to coincide with the festival in honor of the Señor de las Misericordias. However, this caused problems with people who did not like the idea of taking advantage of a religious festival for commercial purposes. So the mole festival was moved to October, where it has remained since. The annual festival has crafts, food, traditional
324:, carnival rides and other fair attractions. Today, over 2,600 people actively participate to bring the event together and prepare about 400,000 plates of different mole dishes such as pork chops and rabbit in adobo, chicken and turkey in mole almendrado (almond mole) and mole verde (green mole) but the favorites are enchiladas made with various traditional moles.
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The
National Festival of Mole is hosted at the location each year in October. It began in 1977 with the specific aim of promoting the town's product. The first festival was not held in the San Pedro Atocpan proper, but in the neighborhood of Yenhuitlalpan with only four restaurants participating. It
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The community is best known for the preparation of mole, a traditional sauce that comes in a variety of flavors. Modern mole is derived from a pre-Hispanic preparation called "chilmulli," which in
Nahuatl means "chili pepper sauce" During the colonial period, this sauce was modified mostly by adding
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Seventy years ago, life in San Pedro
Atocpan was similar to just about any other rural community growing corn and beans. At that time only four neighborhoods prepared mole for town festivals: Panchimalco, Ocotitla, Nuztla and Tula, but those who prepared it were generally prominent women in their
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is celebrated on 29 of June of each year. The other church, Señor de las
Misericordias (Lord of Mercies) is a modern building, dedicated to an image of Christ that is venerated in all of Milpa Alta. This church hosts a festival to this image each May that brings people from other parts of the
266:, eliminating the need for middlemen. Each family in the town has its own recipes for the various types of moles. The family of Guadalupe Rios, for example, adds apple to her moles, presumably to avoid digestive problems.
226:. It has a territory of 87.65 hectares, and is about 2,500 meters above sea level. The land here is rugged as it is wedged between the Cuauhtzin Volcano and Teutli Mountain.
262:. The recipe is well-guarded. Many of these small businesses have networked to find ways to buy the more than twenty ingredients most moles need, such as chili peppers from
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Quintanar
Hinojosa, Beatriz, ed. (November 2011). "Mexico Desconocido Guia Especial:Barrios Mágicos" [Mexico Desconocido Special Guide:Magical Neighborhoods].
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The community has two main churches: the Parish of San Pedro
Apostol and the Church of Señor de la Misericordias. The Parish of San Pedro Apostol is a
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communities. In the 1940s, one family had the idea of making the long trek to Mexico City proper to sell some of their mole at the
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and means "on fertile soil" The community is located in the northwest of the borough, on the highway between Mexico City and
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church that was dedicated on 28 August 1680 and declared a national monument in 1933. Its patron of
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773:
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8:
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1134:
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811:
697:
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599:
1226:
1040:
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Schiaffino, Max (October 2009). "El mole en números" [Mole by numbers].
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Woman cooking tortillas at one of the food stands selling mole at the fair
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937:
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241:
219:
311:
1190:
846:
692:
482:"Mole almendrado un platillo que transformó la vida de un pueblo"
354:"92% de la población se dedica a la preparación y venta del mole"
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223:
215:
910:
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459:(in Spanish). Mexico City: Impresiones Aereas SA de CV: 5–6.
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delegation as well as the neighboring states of
Morelos and
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514:"Mole de San Pedro Atocpan tradición ancestral de México"
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is one of the communities that make up the borough of
554:. Mexico City: Impresiones Aéreas S.A. de C.V.: 12.
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October in
Actopan: Mexico's National Mole Festival
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516:(in Spanish). Cuautla, Morelos: El Sol de Cuautla
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210:. This location is known for the preparation of
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422:
585:
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339:
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578:
545:
373:
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430:"San Pedro Atocpan "Sobre tierra fértil""
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310:
281:
277:
240:
368:
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1302:
1115:Nuevo Polanco (Granada, Ampl. Granada)
539:
377:
573:
507:
505:
503:
471:
448:
380:"Feria del Mole de San Pedro Atocpan"
356:(in Spanish). Mexico City: La Jornada
394:
352:Quintero M., Josefina (2007-09-23).
990:Conjunto Urbano Nonoalco Tlatelolco
236:
229:This community was designated as a
24:
500:
25:
1331:
512:Bautista S., Karla (2008-03-12).
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67:
60:
47:
27:Community in Milpa Alta, Mexico
528:
13:
1:
327:
1320:Neighborhoods in Mexico City
484:(in Spanish). Archived from
432:(in Spanish). Archived from
404:(in Spanish). Archived from
143:2,440 m (8,010 ft)
7:
1275:Demarcaciones territoriales
842:Centro Urbano Benito Juárez
10:
1336:
1263:
1245:
1217:
1189:
1171:
1153:
1085:
1067:
1049:
1031:
998:
867:Exhipódromo de Peralvillo
782:
759:
731:
658:
615:
307:National Festival of Mole
187:
177:
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152:
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139:
121:
86:
55:
46:
39:
32:
1095:Ampliación Daniel Garza
960:Santa María Insurgentes
678:Extremadura Insurgentes
1130:San Miguel Chapultepec
718:San Pedro de los Pinos
668:Ciudad de los Deportes
316:
287:
246:
1287:List of neighborhoods
1204:San Andrés Totoltepec
965:Santa María la Ribera
688:Insurgentes San Borja
635:Jardines del Pedregal
314:
285:
278:Community attractions
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233:by the city in 2011.
178:Postal code (of seat)
106:19.20056°N 99.04917°W
1110:Lomas de Chapultepec
1100:Bosques de las Lomas
769:Bosques de las Lomas
708:San José Insurgentes
610:, towns and villages
1219:Venustiano Carranza
1209:San Miguel Topilejo
1077:San Jerónimo Lídice
1069:Magdalena Contreras
955:San Simón Tolnahuac
817:Ampliación Asturias
683:Insurgentes Mixcoac
436:on November 4, 2008
402:"INEGI Census 2005"
286:Parish of San Pedro
111:19.20056; -99.04917
102: /
1181:San Andrés Mixquic
1023:Villa de Guadalupe
548:Mexico Desconocido
488:on October 8, 2009
457:Mexico Desconocido
317:
288:
247:
153: • Total
1315:Nahua settlements
1297:
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1163:San Pedro Atocpan
1000:Gustavo A. Madero
245:Mole mix for sale
200:San Pedro Atocpan
197:
196:
75:San Pedro Atocpan
34:San Pedro Atocpan
16:(Redirected from
1327:
1145:Verónica Anzures
1059:Pueblo Culhuacán
794:Centro Histórico
792:Historic center/
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272:La Merced Market
237:Mole preparation
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21:
1335:
1334:
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1300:
1299:
1298:
1293:
1291:Barrios Mágicos
1271:
1266:Other boroughs:
1259:
1241:
1232:Jardín Balbuena
1213:
1185:
1167:
1149:
1081:
1063:
1045:
1041:Viaducto Piedad
1027:
1018:Verónica Castro
994:
923:Paulino Navarro
872:Felipe Pescador
778:
755:
727:
654:
611:
598:
568:
567:
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519:
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359:
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231:"Barrio Mágico"
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28:
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1295:
1294:
1264:
1261:
1260:
1258:
1257:
1255:La Guadalupita
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1087:Miguel Hidalgo
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617:Álvaro Obregón
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660:Benito Juárez
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630:Guadalupe Inn
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608:neighborhoods
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588:
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87:Coordinates:
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1269:Azcapotzalco
1265:
1162:
985:Vista Alegre
892:Pequeño Seúl
837:Buenos Aires
800:Barrio Chino
793:
746:Santa Úrsula
551:
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518:. Retrieved
490:. Retrieved
486:the original
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438:. Retrieved
434:the original
410:. Retrieved
406:the original
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384:. Retrieved
382:(in Spanish)
378:Astroyorch.
358:. Retrieved
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301:Mexico State
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1237:Valle Gómez
703:Noche Buena
601:Mexico City
296:Saint Peter
208:Mexico City
109: /
1310:Milpa Alta
1304:Categories
1273:Boroughs (
1247:Xochimilco
1155:Milpa Alta
1051:Iztapalapa
1008:Lindavista
975:Tlatelolco
970:Tabacalera
950:San Rafael
933:Roma Norte
928:Peralvillo
852:Cuauhtémoc
832:Buenavista
784:Cuauhtémoc
761:Cuajimalpa
741:Churubusco
412:2009-05-03
328:References
292:Franciscan
212:mole sauce
204:Milpa Alta
148:Population
97:99°02′57″W
94:19°12′02″N
1199:Cuicuilco
1033:Iztacalco
1013:Malacates
938:La Romita
887:Zona Rosa
862:Esperanza
805:La Merced
673:Del Valle
645:San Ángel
640:Los Alpes
606:, areas,
560:1870-9397
465:1870-9400
264:Zacatecas
189:Area code
162:Time zone
140:Elevation
41:Community
1282:Colonias
1140:Tacubaya
1105:Escandón
980:Tránsito
945:Roma Sur
877:Guerrero
857:Doctores
822:Asturias
774:Santa Fe
733:Coyoacán
713:San Juan
650:Santa Fe
604:boroughs
220:Oaxtepec
1227:Federal
1191:Tlalpan
1173:Tláhuac
1125:Polanco
906:Morelos
847:Condesa
827:Atlampa
812:Algarín
698:Nápoles
693:Mixcoac
625:Florida
520:May 30,
492:May 30,
440:May 30,
386:May 30,
360:May 30,
256:pasilla
224:Morelos
216:Nahuatl
122:Country
18:Atocpan
1135:Tacuba
1120:Pensil
918:Obrera
911:Tepito
882:Juárez
558:
463:
252:mulato
134:Mexico
131:
260:ancho
182:12200
167:UTC-6
156:8,997
901:Maza
723:Xoco
556:ISSN
522:2009
494:2009
461:ISSN
442:2009
388:2009
362:2009
258:and
552:392
206:in
171:CST
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