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"
Jaltocan | |
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Municipality and town | |
  Jaltocan Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 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 |
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
edit- ^ "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.
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