Tlanalapa 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 156.7 km
2.
As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 8,062.
History
This was the center of the Tlanalapan state prior to the Spanish incursion. It was a dependency of
Otompa. By 1521 the area was taken over by the Spanish. During the colonial period it was part 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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except for a short time around 1545 when it was the center of a separate jurisdiction.
[Peter Gerhard, ''Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) p. 53]
References
Municipalities of Hidalgo (state)
Populated places in Hidalgo (state)
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