Chapulhuacán (
Otomi: Mät’äxi) is a town and one of the 84
municipalities of Hidalgo
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, in central-eastern
Mexico
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. The municipality covers an area of 239 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 20,577. In 2012 there were 1,758 inhabitants who spoke an
indigenous language
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, primarily
Nahuatl
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.
References
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Municipalities of Hidalgo (state)
Populated places in Hidalgo (state)