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    In agriculture, a milpa is a field for growing food crops and a crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica, especially in the Yucatán Peninsula,...
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    Milpa Alta is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City. It lies in the southeast corner of the nation's capital, bordering the State of Mexico...
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  • There were two armies with the acronym MILPAS in Nicaragua. The first, Milicias Populares Anti-Somocistas, fought alongside the Sandinista National Liberation...
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  • Milpa is an archaeological site and an ancient Maya city within the Three River region of Northwest Belize bordering Mexico and Guatemala. La Milpa is...
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  • Milpas Viejas is a small town in the municipality of Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico. It is bordered by the Acaponeta River and is just 2 miles south west of...
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  • Las Milpas (Spanish: "the milpas (cornfields)") is a colonia in the City of Pharr, in central Hidalgo County, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. It was previously...
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  • Trio La Milpa was an oboe trio formed by Katherine Needleman, Michael Lisicky, and Sandra Gerster. Trio La Milpa was formed in Richmond, Virginia in 2002...
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  • Santa Lucía Milpas Altas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta luˈsi.a ˈmilpas ˈaltas]) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez...
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    Pan de muerto altar commemorating a deceased man in Milpa Alta, México DF...
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  • San Bartolomé Milpas Altas is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. In the 1540s, bishop Francisco Marroquín split the...
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    Sphenarium purpurascens (Spanish: Chapulín de milpa and Portuguese: Gafanhoto-do-milho, i.e., corn-field grasshopper), is a grasshopper species in the...
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    Executive Short film 2002 Moctezuma's Revenge Second assistant No No 2002 La Milpa Yes Yes Yes Short film 2004 Family Portrait Yes Yes Yes Documentary short...
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    of Mexican dishes List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin Chapulín de la milpa – Species of grasshopperPages displaying short descriptions of redirect...
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    Chapultepec • Torreblanca • Tacuba • Tacubaya San Pedro Atocpan • Villa Milpa Alta (formerly called Malacachtepec) • San Bartolome Xicomulco • San Francisco...
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    Milpitas (Spanish for 'little milpas' or little cornfields) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, in Silicon Valley. As of the 2020...
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    San Pedro Atocpan (category Milpa Alta)
    San Pedro Atocpan is one of the communities that make up the borough of Milpa Alta in Mexico City. This location is known for the preparation of mole...
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  • Hernán Cortés introduced rice and wheat to Mesoamerica, prior to which time milpa (known as the cornfield) was one of the main sources of sustenance. Some...
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    of the city's remaining forested areas lie in the southern boroughs of Milpa Alta, Tlalpan and Xochimilco. Originally much of the valley lay beneath...
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    Mesoamerican cultures focused on cultivating crops on a small scale, such as the milpa or maize field, around their dwellings or in specialized plots which were...
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    English. Many of the elders continue speaking Yucatec Maya. The village had milpas since 1886 but was permanently settled around 1915 by Maya people who came...
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  • business and professional classes. The new FDN also began assimilating the MILPAS movement, bands led by disenchanted former MAP-ML guerrillas. The FDN military...
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    population is Iztapalapa, with 1,835,486 residents, while the smallest is Milpa Alta, with 152,685 residents. Iztacalco is the most densely populated subdivision...
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    Day of the Dead Día de Muertos altar commemorating a deceased man in Milpa Alta, Mexico City Observed by Mexico, and regions with large Mexican populations...
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    Pech Caracol Cerros Chaa Creek Colha Cuello El Pilar Ka'Kabish K'axob La Milpa Lamanai Louisville Lubaantun Marco Gonzalez Minanha Nim Li Punit Nohmul...
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    include Amarylla, Chupon, Gigante, Green Husk, Mexican, Pineapple, Purple de Milpa, Rio Grande Verde, and Yellow. Although self-compatibility is common among...
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    Magdalena Milpas Altas (Spanish pronunciation: [maɣðaˈlena ˈmilpas ˈaltas]) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. As...
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    Spanish courts. As referenced above, one eyewitness account by Luz Jiménez of Milpa Alta states that Emiliano Zapata spoke Nahuatl fluently when his forces...
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  • the Children 1999 Zuzana Justman Voices of Transition 2012 Nils Aguilar Milpa Films Volcanic Sprint 2007 Steve Dorst Dan Evans and Steve Dorst Voyage...
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    National Guard Contras (1979–1990) FDN UDN Fifteenth of September Legion ARDE MILPAS (after 1979) KISAN/YATAMA RN Supported by:  United States  Costa Rica (1982–1986)...
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  • rifle "The Little-Known Tale Of "Daisy Mae" - The Johnson Auto-Carbine". Milpas. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016...
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