Pachuca metropolitan area

Pachuca metropolitan area
Metropolitan Area
Zona Metropolitana de Pachuca (Spanish)
Reloj Monumental de Pachuca
Reloj Monumental de Pachuca
Map
Interactive Map of Pachuca metropolitan area
Country Mexico
StateHidalgo (state) Hidalgo
Population
[1]
 • Total665,929
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)

The Pachuca metropolitan area (Spanish: Zona metropolitana de Pachuca de Soto) is a metropolitan area located in the state of Hidalgo in Mexico. It consists of the municipalities of Pachuca, Mineral del Monte, Mineral de la Reforma, San Agustín Tlaxiaca, Epazoyucan, Zapotlán de Juárez and Zempoala.[2][3]

The metropolitan area arose from the population growth that the city of Pachuca had in the years 2000-2010, due to the proximity of Mexico City, urban growth began to spread to other municipalities, occupying agricultural areas. and ejidos, creating the metropolitan area.[4][5]

21.6% of the population of the state of Hidalgo lives in this metropolitan area, and two out of every ten Hidalguenses live in this area.[6] This metropolitan area, together with the metropolitan area of Tulancingo and Tula, are part of the Mexico City megalopolis.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Principales resultados por localidad (ITER). Hidalgo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ COESPO. "Zonas Metropolitanas". Consejo Estatal de Población. Government of Hidalgo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ^ COESPO. "Cuadro estadístico y mapa ZM Pachuca" (PDF). Consejo Estatal de Población. Government of Hidalgo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  4. ^ INAFED. "Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo". Secretariat of the Interior. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  5. ^ Sistema Integral de Información del Estado de Hidalgo (2015). "Enciclopedia de los municipios de Hidalgo: Pachuca de Soto" (PDF). Government of Hidalgo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. ^ Robledo, Rafael (26 November 2010). "Aumenta población de Hidalgo 19% en una década". El Universal. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  7. ^ Consejo Estatal de Población de Hidalgo (COESPO) (2005). "Megalópolis de México" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  8. ^ Consejo Estatal de Población de Hidalgo (COESPO) (2005). "Contexto socioeconómico y demográfico de la megalópolis del centro del país" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  9. ^ Eibenschutz Hartman, Roberto (2010). La Zona Metropolitana del valle de México: Los retos de La Megalópolis (PDF) (Primera ed.). Mexico City: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. p. 68-70. ISBN 978-607-477-396-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2012.