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Jaltocán Municipality

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Also known as Jaltocan Municipality, Jaltocán, Jaltocan

Jaltocán is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 48.8 km2. The origin of its name comes from the word Xaltocan, of origin Nahuatl, which translates to "Place where it is sown in sand"

Key facts

Settlement.name
Jaltocán
Settlement.settlement_type
Town and municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Azultik.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.image_caption
Carnival in Jaltocán, 2019
Settlement.mapsize
300px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Mexico Hidalgo#Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Hidalgo
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Jaltocan
Settlement.leader_title1
Federal electoral district
Settlement.leader_name1
Hidalgo's 1st
Settlement.area_total_km2
48.8
Settlement.population_as_of
2005

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Mexico
Located in
Hidalgo
Capital
Jaltocan
Area
38.39
Elevation
156
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Commons category
Jaltocán Municipality
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Jaltocán is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 48.8 km2. The origin of its name comes from the word Xaltocan, of origin Nahuatl, which translates to "Place where it is sown in sand"

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,265. In 2017 there were 9,468 inhabitants who spoke an indigenous language, primarily Huasteca Nahuatl.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jaltocán Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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