Tepezalá
Tepezalá | |
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Municipality location in Aguascalientes | |
| Coordinates: 22°13′N 102°10′W / 22.217°N 102.167°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Aguascalientes |
| Municipality | Tepezalá |
| Area | |
| • Land | 232.664 km2 (89.832 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 20,926 |
| • Density | 89.9/km2 (233/sq mi) |
Tepezalá is a municipality and town in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. The town of Tepezalá serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Tepezalá.
Tepezala is located on the foothills of the eastern mountains of the state, a land rich in minerals and arid in vegetation that was on the old Silver Route during the 16th century, which brought so much wealth to the region and help conquer the inhospitable north of Mexico. The town's mines made it famous and brought wealth to the state.