Tecozautla

Tecozautla
Municipality and town
A road to Huitexcalco
A road to Huitexcalco
Official seal of Tecozautla
Tecozautla is located in Mexico
Tecozautla
Tecozautla
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°32′N 99°38′W / 20.533°N 99.633°W / 20.533; -99.633
Country Mexico
State84 Municipalities of Hidalgo
Municipal seatTecozautla (municipality)
Government
 • Type Independent
 • Municipal PresidentJoel Elías Paso
(2020-2024)
Area
 • Total
575.6 km2 (222.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
31,609
 • Density72.4/km2 (188/sq mi)
Postal code
42440[1]
Area code761[2]
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Tecozautla (Otomi: Masofo) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 575.6 km2. The name derives from the Nahuatl words "tetl", meaning "stone"; "cozaqui", meaning "yellow thing"; and "tla", meaning "place of"; making the entire meaning of Tecozautla "place where yellow earth abounds".[6]

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 31,609.[7] In 2017 there were 2,415 inhabitants who spoke an indigenous language,[8] primarily Mezquital Otomi.[9] The town was declared a "Pueblo Mágico" in 2015.[6]

  1. ^ Correos de México. "Check Postal Codes". Ministry of Communications and Transport. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Telmex. "LADA Keys Consultation". Teléfonos de México. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
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  6. ^ a b Tourism, Secretariat of. "Tecozautla, Hidalgo". gob.mx. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  7. ^ "Tecozautla". Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico. National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
  8. ^ "Basic Statistical Information: Tecozautla Municipal Folder" (PDF). Integral Information System of the State of Hidalgo. Secretaria de Planeación Desarrollo Regional Regional y Metropolitano. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  9. ^ Báez Cubero, Lourdes; Garret Ríos, Gabriela; Pérez González, David; Moreno Alcántara, Beatriz; Fierro Alonso, Ulises Julio; Hernández García, Milton Gabriel (2012). Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ed.). Los pueblos indígenas de Hidalgo: Atlas etnográfico (PDF) (Primera ed.). México, D.F; México. pp. 32–35. ISBN 978-607-484-357-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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