Tepatepec

Tepatepec
Municipal seat
Municipal Palace
Municipal Palace
Official seal of Tepatepec
Tepatepec is located in Hidalgo
Tepatepec
Tepatepec
Tepatepec is located in Mexico
Tepatepec
Tepatepec
Coordinates: 20°15′20″N 99°00′10″W / 20.25556°N 99.00278°W / 20.25556; -99.00278
CountryMexico
StateHidalgo
MunicipalityFrancisco I. Madero
Elevation
1,977 m (6,486 ft)
Time zoneCST
Postal code
42660
LADA738
Websitewww.tepatepec.mx

Tepatepec is a community in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is the municipal seat of Francisco I. Madero.

In 1911 it was connected to other communities in the area by bridle paths.[1] In a 1953 publication it was reported to have 4,000 inhabitants and a school.[2] A skeleton found under a home in the area is venerated as a saint.[3] There is a library.

Tepatepec is the hometown of politician Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz.[4]

Parish of Saint Agustín Church
School building
Monument
  1. ^ González, F.; S, Leopoldo Salazar (July 8, 1911). "The Mining Industry of Mexico". Imp. y Fototipia de la Secretaría de Fomento – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Unesco (July 8, 1953). "Problems in Education" – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Pansters, Wil G. (September 1, 2019). La Santa Muerte in Mexico: History, Devotion, and Society. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826360823 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Díaz, Pedro López (July 8, 2006). La clase política mexicana: diccionario. UNAM. ISBN 9789686719918 – via Google Books.