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The cypress trunk measures about 36 metres around in Oaxaca, Mexico. The figure is taken from Smithsonian Institution, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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El Arbol del Tule has the widest tree trunk

The cypress trunk measures about 36 metres around in Oaxaca, Mexico The Montezuma cypress stands beside a church in Santa Maria del Tule and has a trunk circumference of roughly 36 metres, wider than any other tree. Its age is uncertain, with estimates from 1,200 to 3,000 years, partly because the trunk is so distorted that ring counts are unreliable. Earlier measurements that gave 46 metres included buttresses and were later revised. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The cypress trunk measures about 36 metres around in Oaxaca, Mexico. The figure is taken from Smithsonian Institution, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.