Tizayuca is one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central

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. The city of Tizayuca is the municipal seat. The population of the city is 60,265 and the municipality has 168,302 inhabitants.

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 76.81 km². It is the only municipality in the state of Hidalgo that is officially part of the

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, while the metro area of

Pachuca Pachuca (; ), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the east-central Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca Municipality, Pach ...

surrounds the north and west limits. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 56,573, but this has grown rapidly to reach 97,461 at the 2010 Census and to 168,302 at the 2020 Census.

History

Tizayuca was originally a Pre-Columbian Nahua settlement in the

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References

Municipalities of Hidalgo (state) Mexico City metropolitan area Nahua settlements Populated places in Hidalgo (state) Valley of Mexico Municipality seats in Hidalgo (state) {{Hidalgo-geo-stub