Tepeapulco
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Tepeapulco | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Tepeapulco  Tepeapulco | |
| Coordinates: 19°47′08″N 98°33′06″W / 19.78556°N 98.55167°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Hidalgo |
| Town | 1527 |
| Municipality | 1824 |
| Municipal seat | City of Tepeapulco |
| Government | |
| • Body | Honorable City Hall of Tepeapulco |
| • Mayor or municipal president | Alberto Franco (Institutional Revolutionary Party) |
| Area | |
• Total | 239 km2 (92 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 49,850 |
| Postal code (C.P.) | 43978 |
| Area code | 791 |
Tepeapulco is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central Mexico.The municipality covers an area of 239 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 49,850.[1]
During the Spanish colonial period it was part of the domain of the alcaldia mayor of Apa y Tepeapulco.[2] The parish of San Francisco Tepeapulco was established in 1527.
See also
[edit]- Ciudad Sahagún, the most populous settlement in the municipality.
References
[edit]- ^ "Tepeapulco". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on February 25, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
- ^ Peter Gerhard, Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) p. 53
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