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Hidalgo:
Hidalgo
State is bounded on the north by the State of San
Luis Potosí; on the northeast and
east by the State of Veracruz;
on the east and southeast by the State of Puebla;
to the south by the State of Tlaxcala;
and on the west by the State of Queretaro.
Hidalgo
State has about 2'235,591 inhabitants, about 200,000 of
them from the native population set up mainly on the
Mezquital valley, Sierra and Huasteca, formed by mexicas,
nahuas, otomies and tepehuanes that keep them aborigine
language. It has 84 municipalities, formed in most part
by rural population. The urban population lives on Pachuca,
Apan, Tepeapulco (Sahagun city), Actopan,
Mixguiahuala, Tula,
Huejutla, Tulancingo and
Tepeji of Ocampo. The main places of industrial
development are on the municipalities of: Tepeji of
Ocampo, Tula of Allende, La
Reforma and Tizayuca.
On
the past, the State of Hidalgo was renown in Mexico by
the precious metals production, on the economic aspect Pachuca,
Real del Monte and El Conde de Regla were some common
names at the end of the colonial period.
Nowadays,
the State of Hidalgo produce textiles, raw materials,
industrial products, spacial communications, an example
is the Tulancingo antenna,
that communicates Mexico, by satellite with the world.
The
State of Hidalgo also has important dairy basins and an
important agricultural production, fruit and vegetable
production.
The
state name is on behalf of the fatherland Don Miguel
Hidalgo y Costilla.
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