Tlanalapa
Tlanalapa is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 156.7 km.
As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 8,062.
History
This was the center of the Tlanalapan state prior to the Spanish incursion. It was a dependency of Otompa. By 1521 the area was taken over by the Spanish. During the colonial period it was part of Apa y Tepeapulco except for a short time around 1545 when it was the center of a separate jurisdiction.
References
- ^ "Tlanalapa". CityPopulation.de. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática, México (web). Retrieved February 23, 2022.
- ^ Peter Gerhard, Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) p. 53
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