| San José Acoculco | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| 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: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Atotonilco de Tula |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 159.3 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | 757 |
| Population Note: | [1] |
| Utc Offset: | -6:00 |
| Coordinates: | 19.9694°N -99.3011°W |
| Postal Code: | 42994[2] |
| Area Code: | 778[3] |
San José Acoculco is a town in the municipality of Atotonilco de Tula in the Mexican state of Hidalgo.
Acocolco from Acúlco, atl, water, coltic, twisted or bent, co, ending: "Place where the water twists."[4] [5]
It is located in the region of Mezquital Valley, the locality corresponds to the geographical coordinates of latitude north and of length west, with an altitude of 2121 m.s.m.l.[6] It’s located at an approximate distance of 9.54 kilometers to the southwest of the municipal capital, Atotonilco de Tula.
As for physiography it is located within the province of the Neo-volcanic Axis within the sub-province of Lakes and Volcanoes of Anáhuac; its land is hillock.[7] [8] [9] With regard to the hydrography it is positioned in the Panuco region, within the basin of the Moctezuma River, in the sub-basin of the El Salto River.[10] It has a temperate semi-dry climate.[11]
In 2020, it registered a population of 757 people, which corresponds to 1.21% of the municipal population.[12] Of which 368 are men and 389 are women. It has 199 inhabited private homes.
The town has a medium degree of marginalization and a low degree of social backwardness.[12]