Hidalgos History
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THE HISTORY OF HIDALGO
By John P. Schmal
The central Mexican state of Hidalgo has a surface area of 20,860 square kilometers (8,054 square miles), or 1.05% of the national territory. Located inMexico's Central Plateau, Hidalgo is the twenty-sixth largest state of Mexico. With a population of about 1,888,366 inhabitants (in 1990), Hidalgo shares common borders with San Luis Potosí on thenorth, Puebla on the east, Tlaxcala on the southeast, the state of Mexico on the south, Querétaro on the west, and Veracruz on the northeast.
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Politically, Hidalgo is divided into eighty-fourmunicipios. Crossed by the Eastern Sierra Madre Mountains, the state is extremely mountainous. However, in the southern and western regions, one will find plains and fertile valleys lying withinMexico's Central Plateau. The climate is warm in the lower valleys, temperate on the Plateau, and cold in the mountains. Hidalgo's chief crops include maguey, alfalfa, corn, and sugarcane. A state with acenturies-old mining tradition, Hidalgo possesses the largest deposits of manganese in the Americas, as well as significant reserves of gold, silver, lead, copper, zinc and iron. Reserves of gypsum,cement, kaolin and refractory clays are also abundant in Hidalgo. But, in recent years, Hidalgo has developed into both an agricultural and industrial center.
The capital of Hidalgo is Pachuca, whichis located 94 kilometers (60 miles) from Mexico City. Pachuca's name was derived from the term Patiachiucan, which in the Náhuatl language means "narrow place." The city was founded in the year 1488and through its history it has always been linked to mining. It was here where, in 1553, Bartolomé de Medina, invented the system of amalgamation for mining silver. Pachuca, which continues to be animportant mining center today, has been nicknamed La Bella Airosa (The Windy City) because during most of the year there are strong northeastern winds that can reach up to 75 kilometers per hour. in...
By John P. Schmal
The central Mexican state of Hidalgo has a surface area of 20,860 square kilometers (8,054 square miles), or 1.05% of the national territory. Located inMexico's Central Plateau, Hidalgo is the twenty-sixth largest state of Mexico. With a population of about 1,888,366 inhabitants (in 1990), Hidalgo shares common borders with San Luis Potosí on thenorth, Puebla on the east, Tlaxcala on the southeast, the state of Mexico on the south, Querétaro on the west, and Veracruz on the northeast.
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Politically, Hidalgo is divided into eighty-fourmunicipios. Crossed by the Eastern Sierra Madre Mountains, the state is extremely mountainous. However, in the southern and western regions, one will find plains and fertile valleys lying withinMexico's Central Plateau. The climate is warm in the lower valleys, temperate on the Plateau, and cold in the mountains. Hidalgo's chief crops include maguey, alfalfa, corn, and sugarcane. A state with acenturies-old mining tradition, Hidalgo possesses the largest deposits of manganese in the Americas, as well as significant reserves of gold, silver, lead, copper, zinc and iron. Reserves of gypsum,cement, kaolin and refractory clays are also abundant in Hidalgo. But, in recent years, Hidalgo has developed into both an agricultural and industrial center.
The capital of Hidalgo is Pachuca, whichis located 94 kilometers (60 miles) from Mexico City. Pachuca's name was derived from the term Patiachiucan, which in the Náhuatl language means "narrow place." The city was founded in the year 1488and through its history it has always been linked to mining. It was here where, in 1553, Bartolomé de Medina, invented the system of amalgamation for mining silver. Pachuca, which continues to be animportant mining center today, has been nicknamed La Bella Airosa (The Windy City) because during most of the year there are strong northeastern winds that can reach up to 75 kilometers per hour. in...
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