Tlahuelilpan | |
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: | Tlahuelilpan |
Area Total Km2: | 31.3 |
Population As Of: | 2010 census |
Population Total: | 17,153 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 20.1297°N -99.2286°W |
Tlahuelilpan (pronounced as /es/; Nahuatl languages: Tlaualilpan|lit=place where the lands are irrigated)[1] is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central Mexico. The municipality covers an area of . As of the 2010 census, the municipality had a total population of 17,153.[2]
On January 18, 2019, the town was the site of a deadly pipeline explosion, killing 130 people and causing 48 injuries.[3] [4] On March 24, 2019, a new leak from a clandestine gasoline operation was detected two months after the explosion that left 135 dead.[5]