Tizayuca is 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 city of Tizayuca is the municipal seat. The population of the city is 60,265 and the municipality has 168,302 inhabitants.

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 76.81 km². It is the only municipality in Hidalgo state that is officially part of the

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, while the metro area of

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surrounds the north and west limits. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 56,573., but this has grown rapidly to reach 97,461 at the 2010 Census and to 168,302 at the 2020 Census.

History

Tizayuca was originally a Pre-Columbian

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settlement in the

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References

Municipalities of Hidalgo (state) Mexico City metropolitan area Nahua settlements Populated places in Hidalgo (state) Valley of Mexico {{Hidalgo-geo-stub