| San Felipe Orizatlán | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
| Other Name: | Orizatlán |
| 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: | Orizatlán |
| Area Total Km2: | 308 |
| Area Land Km2: | 118.77 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 164.14 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Total: | 38472 |
| Population Density Blank1 Sq Mi: | 118.77 |
| Coordinates: | 21.1719°N -98.6064°W |
| Postal Code: | 43020[1] |
| Area Code: | 483[2] |
| Website: | http://orizatlan.gob.mx/turistico/inicio.php |
Orizatlán (officially: San Felipe Orizatlán) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Orizatlán. The municipality covers an area of 308 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 38,472.[3]
Its name is due in its first part to the patron saint San Felipe de Jesús and in the second part to the Greek root oryza (rice) and the voice Náhuatl tlan (place), so it is understood that it means "place of rice".[4] [5] [6]
The first inhabitants of the area were Huasco indigenous people who settled in the area before the conquest. Originally, San Felipe Orizatlán was Indian political society belonging to the Mayor's Office of Huejutla. The municipal capital was founded in the 16th century by indigenous people and Spaniards, thus carrying out an evangelization. In the year of 1870, the state of Hidalgo declares Orizatlán municipal head.