Tecozautla | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 20°32′N 99°38′W / 20.533°N 99.633°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | 84 Municipalities of Hidalgo |
Municipal seat | Tecozautla (municipality) |
Government | |
• Type | Independent |
• Municipal President | Joel Elías Paso (2020-2024) |
Area | |
• Total | 575.6 km2 (222.2 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 31,609 |
• Density | 72.4/km2 (188/sq mi) |
Postal code | 42440
[1] |
Area code | 761 [2] |
Tecozautla ( Otomi: Masofo) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 575.6 km2. The name derives from the Nahuatl words "tetl", meaning "stone"; "cozaqui", meaning "yellow thing"; and "tla", meaning "place of"; making the entire meaning of Tecozautla "place where yellow earth abounds". [6]
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 31,609. [7] In 2017 there were 2,415 inhabitants who spoke an indigenous language, [8] primarily Mezquital Otomi. [9] The town was declared a " Pueblo Mágico" in 2015. [6]
The name Tecozautla comes from the náhuatl tetl -stone-, cozauqui -yellow thing- and tla which means -place of-; which together means "Place where the yellow earth abounds". [note 1] [10] [11]
As for physiography it is located within the province of the Neovolcanic Axis; within the subprovince of Sierras y Llanuras de Querétaro and Hidalgo. [12]
As for its geology it corresponds to the Neogene period (91.86%), Cretaceous (4.0%) and Quaternary (2.0%). [12] With Extrusive igneous type rocks: basalt (29.86%), acid tuff (26.0%), volcanoclastic (12.0%), basic tuff-basic volcanic breccia (5.0%), acid tuff-acid volcanic breccia (5.0%) and rhyolite-acid tuff (2.0%); sedimentary: sandstone–conglomerate (12.0%) and limestone (4.0%); soil: alluvial (2.0%). [12] Regarding pedology the dominant soil is phaeozem (45.86%), vertisol (26.0%), calcisol (19.0%) and leptosol (7.0%). [12]
With regard to hydrology it is positioned in the hydrological region of the Pánuco River; in the basins of the Moctezuma River; within the sub-basins of the Tula River (35.0%), San Juan River (30.0%), Tecozautla River (21.0%) and Alfajayucan River (14.0%). [12] It also has a dam, wells and springs. [13] [14]
(14.0%). [12] It also has a dam, wells and springs. [13] [14]
The following climates are located in the municipal territory with their respective percentage: Semi-dry semi-warm (54.0%) and semi-dry temperate (46.0%). [12] With an average annual climatological temperature of 17 °C with a total annual precipitation of 517 millimeters. [13]
The flora in the municipality is made up of a variety of trees such as oak, oyamel, biznaga, pitaya, huizache, maguey, cactus, organ and a large number of pirul trees, and some fruit trees. [13] [14] The fauna is made up of rabbits, rattlesnakes, hares, squirrels, ocelots, hawks, opossums, armadillos, deer, chameleons, coyotes, buzzards, insects and arachnids. [13] [14]
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Tecozautla | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 20°32′N 99°38′W / 20.533°N 99.633°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | 84 Municipalities of Hidalgo |
Municipal seat | Tecozautla (municipality) |
Government | |
• Type | Independent |
• Municipal President | Joel Elías Paso (2020-2024) |
Area | |
• Total | 575.6 km2 (222.2 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 31,609 |
• Density | 72.4/km2 (188/sq mi) |
Postal code | 42440
[1] |
Area code | 761 [2] |
Tecozautla ( Otomi: Masofo) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 575.6 km2. The name derives from the Nahuatl words "tetl", meaning "stone"; "cozaqui", meaning "yellow thing"; and "tla", meaning "place of"; making the entire meaning of Tecozautla "place where yellow earth abounds". [6]
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 31,609. [7] In 2017 there were 2,415 inhabitants who spoke an indigenous language, [8] primarily Mezquital Otomi. [9] The town was declared a " Pueblo Mágico" in 2015. [6]
The name Tecozautla comes from the náhuatl tetl -stone-, cozauqui -yellow thing- and tla which means -place of-; which together means "Place where the yellow earth abounds". [note 1] [10] [11]
As for physiography it is located within the province of the Neovolcanic Axis; within the subprovince of Sierras y Llanuras de Querétaro and Hidalgo. [12]
As for its geology it corresponds to the Neogene period (91.86%), Cretaceous (4.0%) and Quaternary (2.0%). [12] With Extrusive igneous type rocks: basalt (29.86%), acid tuff (26.0%), volcanoclastic (12.0%), basic tuff-basic volcanic breccia (5.0%), acid tuff-acid volcanic breccia (5.0%) and rhyolite-acid tuff (2.0%); sedimentary: sandstone–conglomerate (12.0%) and limestone (4.0%); soil: alluvial (2.0%). [12] Regarding pedology the dominant soil is phaeozem (45.86%), vertisol (26.0%), calcisol (19.0%) and leptosol (7.0%). [12]
With regard to hydrology it is positioned in the hydrological region of the Pánuco River; in the basins of the Moctezuma River; within the sub-basins of the Tula River (35.0%), San Juan River (30.0%), Tecozautla River (21.0%) and Alfajayucan River (14.0%). [12] It also has a dam, wells and springs. [13] [14]
(14.0%). [12] It also has a dam, wells and springs. [13] [14]
The following climates are located in the municipal territory with their respective percentage: Semi-dry semi-warm (54.0%) and semi-dry temperate (46.0%). [12] With an average annual climatological temperature of 17 °C with a total annual precipitation of 517 millimeters. [13]
The flora in the municipality is made up of a variety of trees such as oak, oyamel, biznaga, pitaya, huizache, maguey, cactus, organ and a large number of pirul trees, and some fruit trees. [13] [14] The fauna is made up of rabbits, rattlesnakes, hares, squirrels, ocelots, hawks, opossums, armadillos, deer, chameleons, coyotes, buzzards, insects and arachnids. [13] [14]
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help page).History of Municipality
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