Calnali Municipality
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Calnali is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of . Calnali is a Nahuatl name meaning house on the other side of the river. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 15,815.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Calnali
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and municipality
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- 300px
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- 300px
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- Mexico Hidalgo#Mexico
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- above
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- 300
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- Country
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hidalgo
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- Municipality
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- Calnali
- Settlement.government_type
- Partido Encuentro Social
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Miguel Jimenez Espinoza
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- Federal electoral district
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- Hidalgo's 1st
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- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Mexico
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Hidalgo
- Capital
- Calnali
- Area
- 211.01
- Elevation
- 907
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- Calnali Municipality
- inception
- 1730-00-00
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Calnali is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of . Calnali is a Nahuatl name meaning house on the other side of the river. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 15,815.
The cabecera or municipal seat is primarily mestizo, while the outlying communities (including Papatlatla, Tula, Atempa, and Ahuacatlan) are heavily populated by Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people. The town's tianguis is held every Sunday morning in the central plaza and surrounding streets. Despite its small size, Calnali is important as a regional cultural center, hosting an annual music festival featuring local Bandas de Viento and huapango performers, as well as an annual festival of indigenous culture. Large celebrations are also held for the Day of the Dead, Carnival and 25 April which is the festival of Calnali's patron saint, San Marcos.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calnali Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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