Zimapán (

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 ...

: Mabo̱za) 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. The municipality covers an area of . The name Zimapán derives from the Nahuatl words "cimatl", meaning "cimate" (a root used to ferment

pulque Pulque (; nci, metoctli), or octli, is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant. It is traditional in central Mexico, where it has been produced for millennia. It has the color of milk, a rather viscous c ...

) and "pan", meaning "inside or over"; which makes the meaning of Zimapán "over the cimate" or "in the cimate". As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 39,927. Zimapán has a regional hospital and seven health centers. It also has 32 Casas de Salud, or health houses. Los Mármoles National Park is located in the municipality, northeast of the town in the Sierra Madre Oriental.

History

The land was place for

and Quinamí indigenous people, which later received influence from

Olmecs The Olmecs () were the earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization. Following a progressive development in Soconusco, they occupied the tropical lowlands of the modern-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco. It has been speculated that ...

and

Nahuas The Nahuas () are a group of the indigenous people of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. They comprise the largest indigenous group in Mexico and second largest in El Salvador. The Mexica (Aztecs) were of Nahua ethnicity, a ...

. In 1522, after the

Conquista Spain began colonizing the Americas under the Crown of Castile and was spearheaded by the Spanish . The Americas were invaded and incorporated into the Spanish Empire, with the exception of Brazil, British America, and some small regions of ...

, Spanish colonalists founded the city of Zimapán.

Augustinian Augustinian may refer to: *Augustinians, members of religious orders following the Rule of St Augustine *Augustinianism, the teachings of Augustine of Hippo and his intellectual heirs *Someone who follows Augustine of Hippo * Canons Regular of Sain ...

friars built the first church of Zimapán in the XVIII Century and later they built another, which building ended in 1822. Vanadium was discovered by first time here in 1801 by

Andrés Manuel del Río Andrés Manuel del Río y Fernández (10 November 1764 – 23 March 1849) was a Spanish– Mexican scientist, naturalist and engineer who discovered compounds of '' vanadium'' in 1801. He proposed that the element be given the name ''panchromium ...

. During the Mexican Revolution, General Otilio Villegas won a battle for the " Carrancistas" in Zimapán. The city was declared a "

Pueblo Mágico In the Southwestern United States, Pueblo (capitalized) refers to the Native tribes of Puebloans having fixed-location communities with permanent buildings which also are called pueblos (lowercased). The Spanish explorers of northern New Spain ...

" in 2018.

References

Municipalities of Hidalgo (state) Populated places in Hidalgo (state) Otomi settlements Pueblos Mágicos {{Hidalgo-geo-stub