Chilcuautla (
Otomi
The Otomi (; es, Otomí ) are an indigenous people of Mexico inhabiting the central Mexican Plateau (Altiplano) region.
The Otomi are an indigenous people of Mexico who inhabit a discontinuous territory in central Mexico. They are linguisticall ...
: ʼMiza) is a town and one of the 84
municipalities of Hidalgo
Hidalgo is a state in central Mexico divided into 84 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, Hidalgo is the 16th most populous state with inhabitants and the 26th largest by land area spanning .
Municipalities in Hidalgo are admi ...
, in central-eastern
Mexico
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. The municipality covers an area of 231.3 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 15,284. In 2017 there were 6,915 inhabitants who spoke an
indigenous language, primarily
Mezquital Otomi.
Culture
The
Hacienda Demiñho ruins is on the road that connects
Tezontepec de Aldama
Tezontepec de Aldama is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to ...
with
Tunititlán. It is semi-abandoned and in ruins. Some of the spaces are used to store fodder and as a barn by the people of the region. It has a great aesthetic value that can be seen in the main nave of the chapel and its bell tower with a conical body and a destroyed altar in the front wall.
See also
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2021 Tula River floods
References
Municipalities of Hidalgo (state)
Populated places in Hidalgo (state)
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