Chilcuautla | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 20°20′N 99°14′W / 20.333°N 99.233°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Hidalgo |
Municipal seat | Chilcuautla |
Area | |
• Total | 231.3 km2 (89.3 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 15,284 |
Time zone | UTC-6:00 (Central) |
Website | http://chilcuautla.hidalgo.gob.mx/ |
Chilcuautla (Otomi: ʼMiza) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 231.3 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 15,284.[1] In 2017 there were 6,915 inhabitants who spoke an indigenous language,[2] primarily Mezquital Otomi.[3]
The Hacienda Demiñho ruins is on the road that connects Tezontepec de Aldama with Tunititlán. It is semi-abandoned and in ruins. Some of the spaces are used to store fodder and as a barn by the people of the region. It has a great aesthetic value that can be seen in the main nave of the chapel and its bell tower with a conical body and a destroyed altar in the front wall.