Apan is a city and one of the 84

municipalities of Hidalgo Hidalgo is a state in central Mexico divided into 84 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, Hidalgo is the 16th most populous state with inhabitants and the 26th largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Hidalgo are a ...

, in central-eastern

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. The municipality covers an area of 346.9 km².

Overview-Twin Towns-sister Cities

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 39,247. It was an important site in the

War of Independence Wars of national liberation, also called wars of independence or wars of liberation, are conflicts fought by nations to gain independence. The term is used in conjunction with wars against foreign powers (or at least those perceived as foreign) ...

(1810-1821). It is a center for the production of

pulque Pulque (; ), occasionally known as octli or agave wine, is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant. It is traditional in central Mexico, where it has been produced for millennia. It has the color of milk, ...

and for the sport of ''

charrería ''Charrería'' (), also known historically as Jaripeo, is the national sport of Mexico and a discipline arising from equestrian activities and livestock traditions used in the ''haciendas'' of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Evolving from the ...

'', or Mexican

rodeo Rodeo () is a competitive equestrian sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain and Mexico, expanding throughout the Americas and to other nations. It was originally based on the skills required of the working vaqu ...

. Apan's sister city is

Elkhart, Indiana Elkhart ( ) is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The population was 53,923 at the 2020 census. The city is located east of South Bend, Indiana. It is the most populous city in the Elkhart–Goshen metropolitan area, which in tu ...

Gallery

File:Kirche in Apan (fcm).jpg, Church File:Estación del ferrocarril de Apan.jpg, Railway station

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Municipalities of Hidalgo (state) Populated places in Hidalgo (state) {{Hidalgo-geo-stub