Apan is a city and one of the 84

municipalities of Hidalgo Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo is a Administrative divisions of Mexico#States, state in central Mexico divided into 84 municipalities of Mexico, municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, Hidalgo is the States of Mexico, 16th most populous st ...

, in central-eastern

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. The municipality covers an area of 346.9 km².

Overview

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 39,247. It was an important site in the

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(1810-1821). It is a center for the production of

pulque Pulque (; nci, metoctli), or octli, is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant. It is traditional in central Mexico, where it has been produced for millennia. It has the color of milk, a rather viscous co ...

and for the sport of ''

charrería Charrería () is a sport and discipline arising from equestrian activities and livestock traditions used in the haciendas of old Mexico. Evolving from the traditions brought from Spain, most specifically the municipality of Salamanca in the 16th ...

'', or Mexican

rodeo Rodeo () is a competitive equestrian sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain and Mexico, expanding throughout the Americas and to other nations. It was originally based on the skills required of the working va ...

Gallery

File:Kirche in Apan fcm.jpg, Church File:Estación del ferrocarril de Apan.jpg, Railway station

References

External links

Municipalities of Hidalgo (state) Populated places in Hidalgo (state) {{Hidalgo-geo-stub