Huasca | |
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Town & Municipality | |
| Huasca de Ocampo | |
 Streetview looking towards parish church | |
 Seal | |
 Location of the municipality of Huasca de Ocampo in Hidalgo. | |
  Huasca | |
| Coordinates: 20°12′10″N 98°34′33″W / 20.20278°N 98.57583°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Hidalgo |
| Founded | 18th century |
| Municipal Status | 1864 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Álvaro López Vaca |
| Elevation (of seat) | 2,100 m (6,900 ft) |
| Population (2005) Municipality | |
| • Municipality | 15,201 |
| • Seat | 543 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 43503 |
| Website | Website |
Huasca de Ocampo (Spanish: ['waska ðe o'kampo] ) is a town and municipality of the state of Hidalgo in central Mexico. It is located 34 km from Pachuca and 16 km from Real del Monte in the Pachuca Mountains.[1][2] While the town itself is just within the mountain range, much of the municipal land is located in a valley that opens up to the east of the town. While one of the first haciendas to be established in Mexico is located here, economic development started with mining haciendas built by Pedro Romero de Terreros in the 18th century. By the mid 20th century, none of these haciendas were in existence, having been broken up into communal farm lands ( ejido ) and some even fully or partially under lakes created by dams. While agriculture remains important economically, the area has been promoted as a tourism destination, especially for weekend visitors from Mexico City, with attractions such as canyons, traditional houses, old hacienda facilities and waterfalls.[3]
- ^ "Estado de Hidalgo Huasca de Ocampo". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Mexico: Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. 2005. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
- ^ Ma. Eugenia Monroy (November 16, 1997). "Fin de Semana/ Dese unos aires en Hidalgo" [Weekend/Take in the air in Hidalgo]. Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. p. 18.
- ^ Quintanar Hinojosa, Beatriz, ed. (2008). "Mexico Desconocido Guia de Hidalgo". Mexico Desconocido (in Spanish). Mexico City: Impresiones Aéreas S.A. de C.V.: 28–41. ISSN 1870-9400.