Tezontepec de Aldama | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
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 |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipal seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Tezontepec de Aldama |
Area Total Km2: | 133.6 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 10,723 |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 19.8833°N -147°W |
Website: | https://tezontepec.gob.mx/ |
Tezontepec de Aldama is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico.
The municipality covers an area of 133.6 km² and, as of 2005, had a total population of 10,723.[1] It was raised to municipal status in 1869.
The name "Tezontepec" contains the Nahuatl words tetzontli (tezontle, a reddish volcanic rock) and tepetl (hill), while "de Aldama" commemorates Independence War hero Juan Aldama.[2]