Tepeapulco is a town 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
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
.The municipality covers an area of 239 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 49,850.
During the Spanish colonial period it was part of the domain of the alcaldia mayor of
Apa y Tepeapulco Apa y Tepeapulco was a Spanish corregimiento during the colonial period in new Spain (what is today Mexico). It was located in south-eastern Hidalgo consisting of the modern municipalities of Almoloya, Tepeapulco and at least some of Tlanalapa.
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[Peter Gerhard, ''Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) p. 53] The parish of San Francisco Tepeapulco was established in 1527.
See also
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Ciudad Sahagún
Ciudad Sahagún, officially called Fray Bernardino de Sahagún; is a town in the municipality of Tepeapulco, within the State of Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, in Mexico.
History
Antecedents
In the early 1950s, by order of President Miguel Alemán V ...
, the most populous settlement in the municipality.
References
Municipalities of Hidalgo (state)
Populated places in Hidalgo (state)
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