Tepeapulco Explained

Tepeapulco
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:300px
Pushpin Map:Mexico Hidalgo#Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1: Hidalgo
Governing Body:Honorable City Hall of Tepeapulco
Leader Party:Institutional Revolutionary Party
Leader Title:Mayor or municipal president
Leader Name:Alberto Franco
Established Title:Town
Established Date:1527
Established Title2:Municipality
Established Date2:1824
Seat Type:Municipal seat
Seat:City of Tepeapulco
Area Total Km2:239
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:49850
Coordinates:19.7856°N -98.5517°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code (C.P.)
Postal Code:43978
Area Code:791

Tepeapulco is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central Mexico.The municipality covers an area of 239 km².

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 49,850.[1]

During the Spanish colonial period it was part of the domain of the alcaldia mayor of Apa y Tepeapulco.[2] The parish of San Francisco Tepeapulco was established in 1527.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tepeapulco. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. December 27, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070225114818/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/hidalgo/municipios/13061a.htm. February 25, 2007.
  2. Peter Gerhard, Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) p. 53