Alfajayucan (
Otomi: Nxamti) is a town and one of the 84
municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
. The municipal seat lies at Alfajayucan. The municipality covers an area of 467.7 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 16,859. In 2017 there were 4,342 inhabitants who spoke an
indigenous language
An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by its indigenous peoples. Indigenous languages are not necessarily national languages but they can be; for example, Aymara is both an indigen ...
, primarily
Mezquital Otomi.
See also
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2021 Tula River floods
References
Municipalities of Hidalgo (state)
Populated places in Hidalgo (state)
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