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Sultepec Municipality

Sultepec is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipal seat is Sultepec de Pedro Ascencio de Alquisiras. The municipality covers an area of .

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Settlement.name: Sultepec
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Saint John the Baptist Church, Sultepec, Mexico state, Mexico00.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.mapsize: 200px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality in Mexico State
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Mexico (state)
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipal seat
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Sultepec de Pedro Ascencio de Alquisiras
Settlement.area_total_km2: 552.52
Settlement.population_as_of: 2005
Settlement.population_total: 24986
Settlement.timezone: Central Standard Time

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Sultepec is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipal seat is Sultepec de Pedro Ascencio de Alquisiras. The municipality covers an area of .

The Spanish discovered silver lodes here in 1531, which started commercial silver mining in the area. Along with Amatepec the area became known as the "Provincia de la Plata". Johann Engel was one of the Germans to settle in the area in 1536, and introduced litharge as a flux in the smelting of the ore. Amalgamation was used on a large scale in 1556.