Tezontepec de Aldama
Municipality and town in Hidalgo, Mexico
Coat of arms
19°53′N 98°49′W / 19.883°N 98.817°W / 19.883; -98.817
(2005)
Tezontepec de Aldama is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico.
The municipality covers an area of 133.6 km² and, as of 2005, had a total population of 10,723.[1] It was raised to municipal status in 1869.[2]
The name "Tezontepec" contains the Nahuatl words tetzontli (tezontle, a reddish volcanic rock) and tepetl (hill), while "de Aldama" commemorates Independence War hero Juan Aldama.[2]
See also
- 2021 Tula River floods
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tezontepec de Aldama Municipality.
- ^ "Tezontepec de Aldama". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
- ^ a b "Tezontepec: Tu municipio". Municipio de Tezontepec de Aldama. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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