Tecozautla

Tecozautla

Tecozautla

Municipality and town in 84 Municipalities of Hidalgo, Mexico

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]

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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

The name Tecozautla comes from the náhuatl tetl -stone-, cozauqui -yellow thing- and tla which means -place of-; which together means "Place where the yellow earth abounds".[note 1][7][8]

Geography

See also: Geography of the state of Hidalgo

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]

(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

  1. [N 1]
    The etymological origin of the name of a

References

  1. [1]
    Correos de México. "Check Postal Codes". Ministry of Communications and Transport. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
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    Telmex. "LADA Keys Consultation". Teléfonos de México. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
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    Tourism, Secretariat of. "Tecozautla, Hidalgo". gob.mx. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
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    "Tecozautla". Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico. National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
  5. [5]
    "Basic Statistical Information: Tecozautla Municipal Folder" (PDF). Integral Information System of the State of Hidalgo. Secretaria de Planeación Desarrollo Regional Regional y Metropolitano. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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    Báez Cubero, Lourdes; Garret Ríos, Gabriela; Pérez González, David; Moreno Alcántara, Beatriz; Fierro Alonso, Ulises Julio; Hernández García, Milton Gabriel (2012). Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ed.). Los pueblos indígenas de Hidalgo: Atlas etnográfico (PDF) (Primera ed.). México, D.F; México. pp. 32–35. ISBN 978-607-484-357-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. [7]
    State Center for Municipal Studies of the State of Hidalgo (1988). The Municipalities of Hidalgo. Encyclopedia Collection of the municipalities of Mexico. Ministry of the Interior.
  8. [8]
    "Tecozautla". Municipalities of Hidalgo. Government of the state of Hidalgo. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
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