Alfajayucan

Alfajayucan
Town and municipality
Alfajayucan Municipal Palace
Alfajayucan
Alfajayucan
Coordinates: 20°24′N 99°21′W / 20.400°N 99.350°W / 20.400; -99.350
CountryMexico
StateHidalgo
MunicipalityAlfajayucan
Government
 • Federal electoral districtHidalgo's 2nd
Area
 • Total
467.7 km2 (180.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
16,859
Time zoneUTC-6 (Zona Centro)
Websitealfajayucan.hidalgo.gob.mx

Alfajayucan (Otomi: Nxamti) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The town serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, which covers an area of 467.7 km2 (180.6 sq mi).

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 16,859.[1] In 2017 there were 4,342 inhabitants who spoke an indigenous language,[2] primarily Mezquital Otomi.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Alfajayucan". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 14 May 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Información Estadística Básica: Carpeta Municipal Alfajayucan" (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.
  3. ^ 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 25 July 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)