Tepezalá is a municipality and town in the
Mexican state of
Aguascalientes. The town of Tepezalá serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Tepezalá.
Tepezala is located on the
foothills
Foothills or piedmont are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area. They are a transition zone between plains and low relief hills and the adjacent topogr ...
of the eastern mountains of the state, a land rich in minerals and arid in vegetation that was on the old
Silver Route during the 16th century, which brought so much wealth to the region and help conquer the inhospitable north of Mexico. The town's mines made it famous and brought wealth to the state.
Demographics
As of the 2015 Mexican Intercensal Survey, Tepezalá municipality has a population of 20,926.
As of 2010, the town of Tepezalá had a total population of 4,511.
Other than the town of Tepezalá, the municipality had 132 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were:
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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(3,345), classified as urban, and
El Chayote (1,817), and
Carboneras
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Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomo ...
(1,261), classified as rural.
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Climate
Gallery
File:Templo de Nuestra Señora del Refugio, Tepezalá, Aguascalientes, México 03.jpg, Templo del Nuestra Señora del Refugio, fachada.
File:Lateral, Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Refugio.JPG, Templo de Nuestra Señora del Refugio, vista lateral.
File:Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Refugio.JPG, Templo de Nuestra Señora del Refugio, interior.
File:Templo del Señor de Tepezalá.jpg, Santuario del Señor de Tepezalá.
References
External links
*http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/estado/m_tep.html
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Populated places in Aguascalientes