Tlanalapa is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 156.7 km2.

As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 8,062.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Tlanalapa". CityPopulation.de. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática, México (web). Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Peter Gerhard, Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) p. 53