Tlaxcoapan | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | 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: | Municipal seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Tlaxcoapan |
Area Total Km2: | 79.3 |
Population As Of: | 2010 census |
Population Total: | 26,758 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Metro: | Tula de Allende |
Coordinates: | 20.0953°N -99.22°W |
Tlaxcoapan is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 79.3 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 26,758.[1] It is now part of Tula de Allende built-up (or metro) area.
The word Tlanalapa comes from the Nahuatl Tachtli 'ball game', atl 'water' and pan 'on'; so its meaning is "On or in the river of the ball game".[2] [3] [4] Another meaning could be that it decomposes into Tlachco (from tlachtli 'ball game' and the locative -co 'en') 'in the ball game' or literally 'ball game court'; atl 'water', and the locative suffix -pan 'over'; so[5]
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