Tecozautla
Town and municipality in 84 Municipalities of Hidalgo, Mexico
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Tecozautla (Otomi: Masofo) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 575.6 km2. The name derives from the Nahuatl words "tetl", meaning "stone"; "cozaqui", meaning "yellow thing"; and "tla", meaning "place of"; making the entire meaning of Tecozautla "place where yellow earth abounds".[3]
Tecozautla | |
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Town and municipality | |
A road to Huitexcalco | |
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  Tecozautla Location in Mexico  Tecozautla Tecozautla (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 20°32′N 99°38′W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | 84 Municipalities of Hidalgo |
| Municipality | Tecozautla (municipality) |
| Government | |
| • Type |  Independent |
| • Municipal President | Joel Elías Paso (2020-2024) |
| • Federal electoral district | Hidalgo's 2nd |
| Area | |
• Total | 575.6 km2 (222.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 31,609 |
| • Density | 72.4/km2 (188/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Zona Centro) |
| Postal code | 42440[1] |
| Area code | 761[2] |
| Website | gobiernodetecozautla.gob.mx |
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 31,609.[4] In 2017 there were 2,415 inhabitants who spoke an indigenous language,[5] primarily Mezquital Otomi.[6] The town was declared a "Pueblo Mágico" in 2015.[3]
Toponymy
Geography
Relief and hydrographic
As for physiography it is located within the province of the Neovolcanic Axis; within the subprovince of Sierras y Llanuras de Querétaro and Hidalgo.[9]
As for its geology it corresponds to the Neogene period (91.86%), Cretaceous (4.0%) and Quaternary (2.0%).[9] With Extrusive igneous type rocks: basalt (29.86%), acid tuff (26.0%), volcanoclastic (12.0%), basic tuff-basic volcanic breccia (5.0%), acid tuff-acid volcanic breccia (5.0%) and rhyolite-acid tuff (2.0%); sedimentary: sandstone–conglomerate (12.0%) and limestone (4.0%); soil: alluvial (2.0%).[9] Regarding pedology the dominant soil is phaeozem (45.86%), vertisol (26.0%), calcisol (19.0%) and leptosol (7.0%).[9]
With regard to hydrology it is positioned in the hydrological region of the Pánuco River; in the basins of the Moctezuma River; within the sub-basins of the Tula River (35.0%), San Juan River (30.0%), Tecozautla River (21.0%) and Alfajayucan River (14.0%).[9] It also has a dam, wells and springs.[10][11]
Weather
The following climates are located in the municipal territory with their respective percentage: Semi-dry semi-warm (54.0%) and semi-dry temperate (46.0%).[9] With an average annual climatological temperature of 17 °C with a total annual precipitation of 517 millimeters.[10]
Ecology
The flora in the municipality is made up of a variety of trees such as oak, oyamel, biznaga, pitaya, huizache, maguey, cactus, organ and a large number of pirul trees, and some fruit trees.[10][11] The fauna is made up of rabbits, rattlesnakes, hares, squirrels, ocelots, hawks, opossums, armadillos, deer, chameleons, coyotes, buzzards, insects and arachnids.[10][11]
Notes
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