Tula de Allende

Tula de Allende
Municipality and town
Coat of arms of Tula de Allende
Tula de Allende is located in Mexico
Tula de Allende
Tula de Allende
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°03′N 99°21′W / 20.050°N 99.350°W / 20.050; -99.350
Country Mexico
StateHidalgo
Municipal seatTula de Allende
Government
 • Municipal PresidentIsmael Gadoth Tapia Benítez
Area
 • Municipality and town
305.8 km2 (118.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Municipality and town
103,919
 • Metro
188,659
Area code42800
WebsiteMain site

Tula de Allende (Otomi: Mämeni)[1] is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 305.8 km2 (118.07 sq mi), and as of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 103,919. The municipality includes numerous smaller outlying towns, the largest of which are El Llano, San Marcos, and San Miguel Vindho. It is a regional economic center and one of Mexico's fastest growing cities. However, it is best known as the home of the Tula archeological site, noted for its Atlantean figures. Its built-up area (or metro) made up of Atotonilco de Tula, Atitalaquia, Tlaxcoapan municipalities was home to 188,659 inhabitants at the 2010 census.

  1. ^ Diccionario del ñhähñu (otomí), Valle del Mezquital, Estado de Hidalgo (PDF) (in Spanish) (2 ed.). SIL. p. 488. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016.