Meztitla Scout Camp School

Coordinates: 18°59′39″N 99°05′11″W / 18.9941°N 99.0864°W

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Meztitla Scout Camp School

Owner

Asociación de Scouts de México, A.C.

Location

Tepoztlán, Morelos

Country

Mexico

Coordinates

18°59′39″N 99°05′11″W / 18.9941°N 99.0864°W

Founded

1956

Founder

Paul E. Loewe

Director

Francisco Banda García

Website
www.scoutsmexico.org/meztitla

Scouting portal

The Meztitla Scout Camp School (Campo Escuela Scout Meztitla) is the national Scout camp and school owned by the Asociación de Scouts de México, A.C., located in the Central Highlands of Mexico, northeast of the municipality of Tepoztlán, in the state of Morelos. Nestled under the rocky slopes of the 3,430 metres (11,250 ft) Sierra de Ajusco-Chichinauhtzin, in the Yautepec River watershed. It is located 30 miles (48 km) south of Mexico City and 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Cuernavaca.^[1]

Background

The Meztitla Scout Camp School was founded through the generosity of Paul E. Loewe, who in 1956 donated the first lands to later become the campsite. Later more lands were acquired to become the modern Scout Camp School of Mexico.

The name Meztitla is derived from the original concept "Place of the Moon" or "Place near the Moon" in the Nahuatl language, due to nearby cave paintings in one of cliffs in the hills that surround the camp.

Several worldwide Scout events have been held at Meztitla, including Rover Moots and Indabas.

The Meztitla Scout Camp School is frequented by Scouts from around the world, and is also open to the public in general.^[2]

Important events

Event	Year	Date	Theme/Name
II EEAS^[3]	1981
III EEAS	1982	September 18–19
Canditropa	1983
IV EEAS	1983
V EEAS	1984
IX National Indaba	1987		1907 Browsea, "80 years later"
XV Central American Scout Camporee	1990
X National Indaba	1990		Nature, our beginning and end (La Naturaleza nuestro origen y fin)
XII EEAS	1991	September 14–16
XI National Indaba	1992
XIII EEAS	1992
Nacional de Manadas	199		You and I are of the same blood (tú y yo somos de la misma sangre)
XIV EEAS	1993	November 19–21
XII National Indaba	1994
XVI EEAS	1995
XVII EEAS	1996
XVIII EEAS	1997
XX EEAS	1999		20th anniversary
11th World Scout Moot	2000	July	Tradition for Tomorrow (Tradición para el mañana)
Canditropa	2000
XXI EEAS	2000	November
XXII EEAS	2001	November
XXIII EEAS	2002	November
XXVI EEAS	2005	November 18–20

References

^ "Centro Scout Meztitla". Asociación Scouts de México A.C.
^ "Centro Scout Meztitla" (PDF). World Scout Bureau.
^ EEAS is an acronym for Encuentro de Expresion y Arte Scout (Encounter of Expression and Scout Art)

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