El Oro de Hidalgo

El Oro
Municipality
El Oro is located in State of Mexico
El Oro
El Oro
El Oro is located in Mexico
El Oro
El Oro
Coordinates: 19°48′03″N 100°07′53″W / 19.80083°N 100.13139°W / 19.80083; -100.13139
Country Mexico
StateState of Mexico
MunicipalityEl Oro
Municipal seatEl Oro de Hidalgo
Town Founded1787
Municipality Founded1901
Government
 • Municipal PresidentGilberto López Martínez (2006–2009)
Area
 • Municipality137.86 km2 (53.23 sq mi)
Elevation
(of seat)
2,740 m (8,990 ft)
Population
 (2005) Municipality
 • Municipality31,847
 • Seat
5,797
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (US Central))
Postal code (of seat)
50600
Websiteeloromexico.gob.mx

El Oro is one of 125 municipalities in the State of Mexico within the United Mexican States. The municipal seat is the town of El Oro de Hidalgo. The name El Oro (Spanish: [el ˈoɾo] ) means "the gold" in Spanish. It has subsequently been given an alternative Nahuatl name of "Teocuitlatl", meaning "sacred excrement" (referring to gold). Its seal, in the form of an Aztec glyph, contains elements referring to gold and to caves, of which there are many in the municipality.

The municipality is located in the northwest of the State of Mexico, 96 km from the state capital of Toluca, and is bounded by the municipalities of Temascalcingo to the north, Jocotitlán to the east, San Felipe del Progreso and San José del Rincón to the south, and by the state of Michoacán to the west.[1] As of 2005, the municipal seat with the formal name of El Oro de Hidalgo had a population of 5,797, and the municipality of El Oro had a population of 31,847.[2] While the settlement made its name as a major gold- and silver-mining town from the 17th to the early 20th centuries, the mines have since been tapped out and the town is turning to tourism for economic development.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b "Enciclopedia de los municipios de Mexico Estado de Mexico El Oro". Archived from the original on May 26, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
  2. ^ "INEGI Census 2005" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
  3. ^ "Ciudadmexico.com Cercanias El Oro – Tlalpujahua" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2009.