Tulancingo

Tulancingo
Tulancingo
Municipality and city
	An evening view of Tulancingo, from the Cerro del Tezontle
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	Tulancingo Location in Mexico Tulancingo Tulancingo (Mexico)
	Coordinates: 20°5′0″N 98°22′0″W / 20.08333°N 98.36667°W
Country	Mexico
State	Hidalgo
Municipality	Tulancingo
Government
• Municipal President	Jorge Márquez Alvarado
Area
• Total	290.4 km2 (112.1 sq mi)
Elevation	2,181 m (7,156 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	151,582
• Density	352.64/km2 (913.3/sq mi)
Website	http://www.tulancingo.gob.mx

Tulancingo (officially Tulancingo de Bravo; Otomi: Ngu̱hmu) is the second-largest city in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the southeastern part of the state and also forms one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, as well as the Archdiocese of Tulancingo. Located 93 km from Mexico City, this area is the most important wool textile producer in the country and was home to El Santo, Mexico's most famous lucha libre wrestler, and to Gabriel Vargas (cartoonist), author of the popular cartoon La Familia Burrón. It is also home to the Huapalcalco archeological site, which was the forerunner to the Teotihuacan civilization. The name derives from the Nahuatl words “tule” and “tzintle” which mean “in or behind the reeds.” This is confirmed by its Aztec glyph.^[1]

^ "Estado de Hidalgo Tulancingo de Bravo" [State of Hidalgo Tulancingo de Bravo]. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Mexico: Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. 2005. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2010.

[encmuc-1] "Estado de Hidalgo Tulancingo de Bravo" [State of Hidalgo Tulancingo de Bravo]. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Mexico: Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. 2005. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2010.

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