Tepeapulco | |
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Municipality | |
Coat of arms | |
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Coordinates: 19°47′08″N 98°33′06″W / 19.78556°N 98.55167°W / 19.78556; -98.55167 | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Hidalgo |
Town | 1527 |
Municipality | 1824 |
Municipal seat | City of Tepeapulco |
Government | |
• Body | Honorable City Hall of Tepeapulco |
• Mayor or municipal president | Alberto Franco (Institutional Revolutionary Party) |
Area | |
• Total | 239 km (92 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 49,850 |
Postal code (C.P.) | 43978 |
Area code | 791 |
Tepeapulco is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central Mexico.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. The parish of San Francisco Tepeapulco was established in 1527.
See also
- Ciudad Sahagún, the most populous settlement in the municipality.
References
- "Tepeapulco". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on February 25, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
- Peter Gerhard, Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) p. 53
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