Tlanalapa

Tlanalapa
Municipality an toun
Coat airms
Tlanalapa Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°49′N 98°36′W / 19.817°N 98.600°W / 19.817; -98.600
Kintra	Mexico
State	Hidalgo
Municipal seat	Tlanalapa
Area
• Total	156.7 km^2 (60.5 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	8,662

Tlanalapa is a toun an ane o the 84 municipalities o Hidalgo, in central-eastren Mexico. The municipality covers an aurie o 156.7 km².

As o 2005, the municipality haed a tot population o 8,662.^[1]

History

This wis the centre o the Tlanalapan state prior tae the Spaingie incursion. It wis a dependency o Otompa. Bi 1521 the aurie wis taken ower bi the Spaingie. Durin the colonial period it wis pairt o Apa y Tepeapulco except for a short time aroond 1545 whan it wis the centre o a separate jurisdiction.^[2]

References

1. "Tlanalapa". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived frae the original on 11 Januar 2005. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
2. Peter Gerhard, Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) p. 53