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]
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]