Jaltocan Explained
| Jaltocan |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
| Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hidalgo |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipal seat |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jaltocan |
| Area Total Km2: | 48.8 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Total: | 10,265 |
| Coordinates: | 21.1333°N -98.5383°W |
Jaltocan is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 48.8 km2. The origin of its name comes from the word Xaltocan, of origin Náhuatl, which translates to "Place where it is sown in sand"
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,265.[1] In 2017 there were 9,468 inhabitants who spoke an indigenous language,[2] primarily Huasteca Nahuatl.[3]
Notes and References
- Web site: Jaltocan. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. December 27, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930025142/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/hidalgo/municipios/13032a.htm. September 30, 2007. dead.
- Web site: Sistema Integral de Información del Estado de Hidalgo. Información Estadística Básica: Carpeta Municipal Jaltocan. Secretaria de Planeación Desarrollo Regional Regional y Metropolitano. 22 March 2017. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230118/http://siieh.hidalgo.gob.mx/PDFS/032%20Jaltocan.pdf. 30 December 2017.
- Book: Báez Cubero. Lourdes. Garret Ríos. Gabriela. Pérez González. David. Moreno Alcántara. Beatriz. Fierro Alonso. Ulises Julio. Hernández García. Milton Gabriel. Los pueblos indígenas de Hidalgo: Atlas etnográfico. 2012. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. México, D.F; México. 978-607-484-357-6. Primera. PDF. 32–35. 2019-05-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190725220343/http://www.difusion.inah.gob.mx/images/ebook/Atlas/atlas-hidalgo/files/assets/common/downloads/LOS%20PUEBLOS%20IND.pdf. 2019-07-25. dead.
