Jaltocan
Jaltocan | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
  Jaltocan Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 21°08′00″N 98°32′18″W / 21.13333°N 98.53833°WCoordinates: 21°08′00″N 98°32′18″W / 21.13333°N 98.53833°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Hidalgo |
| Municipal seat | Jaltocan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 48.8 km2 (18.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 10,265 |
Jaltocan 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 Náhuatl, which translates to "Place where it is sown in sand"
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,265.[1] In 2017 there were 9,468 inhabitants who spoke an indigenous language,[2] primarily Huasteca Nahuatl.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Jaltocan". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
- ^ "Información Estadística Básica: Carpeta Municipal Jaltocan" (PDF). Sistema Integral de Información del Estado de Hidalgo. Secretaria de Planeación Desarrollo Regional Regional y Metropolitano. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
Categories:
- Municipalities of Hidalgo (state)
- Populated places in Hidalgo (state)
- Nahua settlements
- Hidalgo (state) geography stubs