Juárez Hidalgo
Juárez Hidalgo | |
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Municipality and town | |
View over Juárez Hidalgo | |
| Coordinates: 20°46′59″N 98°49′44″W / 20.78306°N 98.82889°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Hidalgo |
| Municipal seat | Juárez Hidalgo |
| Municipality created | 1869 |
| Area | |
• Total | 161.9 km2 (62.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 1,820 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
Juárez Hidalgo is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. Created in 1869, its name honours both Benito Juárez and Miguel Hidalgo. The present-day municipal seat was known as Itztapanitla prior to European contact and, in colonial times, as San Guillermo.
The municipality of Juárez Hidalgo covers an area of 161.9 km². In 2020, it had a total population of 2,895, down from the 2010 figure but up from the 1,820 reported in the 2005 census. Fewer than 1.5% of the population are indigenous language speakers, with Nahuatl the most common.