Juárez Hidalgo
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Town and municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 20°46′59″N 98°49′44″W / 20.78306°N 98.82889°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Hidalgo |
| Municipality | Juárez Hidalgo |
| Municipality created | 1869 |
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| • Federal electoral district | Hidalgo's 1st |
| Area | |
• Total | 161.9 km2 (62.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 1,820 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
| Website | www.juarez-hidalgo.gob.mx |
Juárez Hidalgo is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. Created in 1869, its name honours both Benito Juárez and Miguel Hidalgo. The present-day municipal seat was known as Itztapanitla prior to European contact and, in colonial times, as San Guillermo.
The municipality of Juárez Hidalgo covers an area of 161.9 km2 (62.5 sq mi). In 2020, it had a total population of 2,895, down from the 2010 figure but up from the 1,820 reported in the 2005 census. Fewer than 1.5% of the population are indigenous language speakers, with Nahuatl the most common.