Ixmiquilpan
Ixmiquilpan
Ntsʼu̱tkʼani | |
|---|---|
Town and Municipality | |
Main plaza of Ixmiquilpan | |
| Coordinates: 20°28′55″N 99°13′05″W / 20.48194°N 99.21806°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Hidalgo |
| Municipality | Ixmiquilpan |
| Founded | 1550 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President (Major) | José Manuel Zúñiga Guerrrero (2006–2009) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 565.3 km2 (218.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 1,700 m (5,600 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Municipality | 98,654 |
| • Seat | 98,654 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 42300 |
| Website | (in Spanish) site |
Ixmiquilpan (Otomi: Ntsʼu̱tkʼani) is a city and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. It is located on the Mexico City/Nuevo Laredo Highway at km 170 in the central west part of the state of Hidalgo. The town of Ixmiquilpan is noted for its parish church, Church of San Miguel Arcángel, which contains a large series of murals done in the 16th century by native artists depicting Eagle and Jaguar warriors in battle, along with other pre-Hispanic imagery.