Tizayuca

Tizayuca
Municipality and town
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Coordinates: 19°50′N98°59′W / 19.833°N 98.983°W / 19.833; -98.983
Country	Mexico
State	Hidalgo
Municipal seat	Tizayuca
Area
• Total	76.81 km2 (29.66 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	60,265
• Municipality	168,302
Website	https://www.tizayuca.gob.mx/

Tizayuca is one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central Mexico. The city of Tizayuca is the municipal seat. The population of the city is 60,265 ^[1] and the municipality has 168,302 inhabitants. ^[2]

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 Mexico City Metropolitan Area, while the metro area of Pachuca surrounds the north and west limits.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 56,573, ^[3] but this has grown rapidly to reach 97,461 at the 2010 Census and to 168,302 at the 2020 Census. ^[2]

History

Transfiguration of Jesus parish.

Municipal palace of Tizayuca.

Tizayuca was originally a Pre-Columbian Nahua settlement in the Valley of Mexico.

References

1. "Tizayuca Population data". PueblosAmerica.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
2. "Tizayuca". Data México. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
3. "Tizayuca". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal . Retrieved December 27, 2008.