| Lafragua Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Puebla |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title2: | Municipal Status |
| Area Total Km2: | 128.85 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Footnotes: | Municipality |
| Population Total: | 7767 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Seat |
| Population Blank1: | 761 |
| Timezone: | Central (US Central) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 19.2978°N -97.2983°W |
| Elevation M: | 2829 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (of seat) |
| Blank1 Name: | Demonym |
Lafragua Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla. According to the National Statistics Institute (INEGI), it had a population of 10,551 inhabitants in the 2005 census. By the 2010 census it had dropped to 7,767 inhabitants, 761 of whom lived in Saltillo, the municipal seat.[1] Its total area is 128.85 km². The Saltillo name comes from the Nahuatl words Atlcholoa in atl, which means water, and Choloa, meaning drip. Therefore, means water that drips. The name Lafragua is in honor of José María Lafragua.
Its geographical coordinates are 19° 17′ 52” North, and 97° 17′ 54” West at Saltillo. Its average altitude is 2,860 m above sea level. The elevation at Saltillo is officially 2,829 meters (9,281.5 ft.), making it the third-highest municipal seat in Mexico (after Emiliano Zapata, Tlaxcala and El Porvenir, Chiapas).
Source: Statistics from INEGI