Meztitla Scout Camp School

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]

Meztitla Scout Camp School
OwnerAsociación de Scouts de México, A.C.
LocationTepoztlán, Morelos
CountryMexico
Coordinates18.9941°N 99.0864°W / 18.9941; -99.0864
Founded1956
FounderPaul E. Loewe
DirectorFrancisco Banda García
Website
www.scoutsmexico.org/meztitla

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
EventYearDateTheme/Name
II EEAS[3]1981
III EEAS1982September 18–19
Canditropa1983
IV EEAS1983
V EEAS1984
IX National Indaba19871907 Browsea, "80 years later"
XV Central American Scout Camporee1990
X National Indaba1990Nature, our beginning and end (La Naturaleza nuestro origen y fin)
XII EEAS1991September 14–16
XI National Indaba1992
XIII EEAS1992
Nacional de Manadas199You and I are of the same blood (tú y yo somos de la misma sangre)
XIV EEAS1993November 19–21
XII National Indaba1994
XVI EEAS1995
XVII EEAS1996
XVIII EEAS1997
XX EEAS199920th anniversary
11th World Scout Moot2000JulyTradition for Tomorrow (Tradición para el mañana)
Canditropa2000
XXI EEAS2000November
XXII EEAS2001November
XXIII EEAS2002November
XXVI EEAS2005November 18–20

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