Tepeapulco 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 a ...
, in central
Mexico
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.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.
[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, in Mexico.
History
Antecedents
In the early 1950s, by order of President Miguel Alemán Valdés, l ...
, the most populous settlement in the municipality.
References
Municipalities of Hidalgo (state)
Populated places in Hidalgo (state)
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