La Misión | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico Hidalgo#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: | La Misión |
Area Total Km2: | 179.9 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 10,096 |
Coordinates: | 21.1°N -107°W |
La Misión is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 179.9 km2.The first Spanish colonisers named the town "Cibola", and it was later named "The Mission" by the Franciscan friars that arrived there in later years.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,096.[1]