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Rbol Del TuleThe rbol del Tule (The Tule Tree), is the tree with the largest diameter of any tree in the world. It is a Montezuma Cypress (Ahuehuete in the Nahuatl language) and has a diameter of 11.42 m (circumference 35.87 m), and a height of 43 meters. It is located in the church grounds in the town center of Santa Mara del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico, approximately 13 km from the city of Oaxaca, on the road to Mitla. Its age is unknown, with estimates ranging between 1200-3000 years. Local Zapotec legend holds that it was planted about 1400 years ago by Pechocha, a priest of Ehecatl, the Aztec storm-god; its position on a sacred site (later taken over by the Roman Catholic church) would tend to support this. For additional descriptions and photographs see: Tule, rbol del Tule, rbol del
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