Zacualtipán Explained

Zacualtipán de Ángeles
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Image Blank Emblem:Escudo de armas de Zacualtipán.gif
Blank Emblem Type:Glyph and coat of arms
Blank Emblem Size:130px
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: Zacualtipán de Ángeles
Area Total Km2:241.6
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:38155
Timezone:Zona Centro
Utc Offset:-6
Coordinates:20.65°N -137°W
Postal Code:43200–43225[1]
Website:zacualtipan.hidalgo.gob.mx

Zacualtipán (formally: Zacualtipán de Ángeles, for Felipe Ángeles, born there in 1868)[2] is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 241.6 km2.

In 2020, the municipality had a total population of 38,155,[3] up from 25,987 in 2005.[4]

History

The town of Zacualtipán was the site of the action of Sequalteplan on February 25, 1848. It was a surprise attack by a mounted American force under Gen. Joseph Lane that defeated a Mexican guerrilla force under Celedonio Dómeco de Jarauta during the Mexican–American War.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Código Postal Zacualtipán de Ángeles, Hidalgo (Hgo.). codigo-postal.co.
  2. Meade. Everard Kidder. The Passion of the Mexican Revolution: The Trial and Execution of Felipe Ángeles. Journal of Historical Biography. Spring 2010. 7. 30–99.
  3. Web site: Zacualtipán de Ángeles: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety . Data México . Secretaría de Economía.
  4. Web site: Zacualtipan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070124120636/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/hidalgo/municipios/13081a.htm . January 24, 2007 . December 27, 2008 . Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal.
  5. Book: Wilcox, Cadmus M. . History of the Mexican War . Church News Publishing Company . 1892 . Washington, D.C. . 532-535 . en . Cadmus M. Wilcox.