Tezontepec de Aldama

Coordinates: 19°53′N 98°49′W / 19.883°N 98.817°W

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Tezontepec de Aldama
Municipality and town
Church of Saint John the Baptist (C.16th)
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 19°53′N 98°49′W / 19.883°N 98.817°W / 19.883; -98.817
Country	Mexico
State	Hidalgo
Municipal seat	Tezontepec de Aldama
Area
• Total	133.6 km² (51.6 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total	10,723
Time zone	UTC-6
Website	https://tezontepec.gob.mx/

Tezontepec de Aldama is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico.

The municipality covers an area of 133.6 km² and, as of 2005, had a total population of 10,723.^[1] It was raised to municipal status in 1869.^[2]

The name "Tezontepec" contains the Nahuatl words tetzontli (tezontle, a reddish volcanic rock) and tepetl (hill), while "de Aldama" commemorates Independence War hero Juan Aldama.^[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tezontepec de Aldama Municipality.

^ "Tezontepec de Aldama". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Tezontepec: Tu municipio". Municipio de Tezontepec de Aldama. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

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