| Sultepec | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Mapsize: | 200px |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mexico (state) |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipal seat |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sultepec de Pedro Ascencio de Alquisiras |
| Area Total Km2: | 552.52 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Total: | 24986 |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
Sultepec is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipal seat is Sultepec de Pedro Ascencio de Alquisiras. The municipality covers an area of 552.52 km².
The Spanish discovered silver lodes here in 1531, which started commercial silver mining in the area. Along with Amatepec the area became known as the "Provincia de la Plata". Johann Engel was one of the Germans to settle in the area in 1536, and introduced litharge as a flux in the smelting of the ore. Amalgamation was used on a large scale in 1556.[1]
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 24,986.[2]