Hidalgo (state)
| Hidalgo | |||
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| — State — | |||
| Estado Libre y Soberano de Hidalgo | |||
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| Coordinates: 20°28′42″N 98°51′49″W / 20.47833°N 98.86361°W | |||
| Kintra | Mexico | ||
| Caipital | Pachuca de Soto | ||
| Lairgest Ceety | Pachuca de Soto | ||
| Municipalities | 84 | ||
| Admission | 16 Januar 1869[1] | ||
| Order | 26t | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Govrenor | Francisco Olvera ( ) |
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| - Senators[2] | Jesús Murillo Karam .svg){kind=small} José Guadarrama .svg){kind=small} Francisco X. Berganza |
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| - Deputies[3] | |||
| Aurie[4] | |||
| - Tot | 20,846 km2 (8,048.7 sq mi) | ||
| Ranked 26t | |||
| Heichest elevation[5] | 3,350 m (10,991 ft) | ||
| Indwallers (2010)[6] | |||
| - Tot | 2,665,018 | ||
| - Rank | 17t | ||
| - Densitie | 127.8/km2 (331.1/sq mi) | ||
| - Densitie rank | 8t | ||
| Demonym | Hidalguense | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) | ||
| Postal code | 42-43 | ||
| Aurie code | |||
| ISO 3166 code | MX-HGO | ||
| HDI |  0.796 Medium Ranked 27t |
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| GDP | US$ 9,987,649.06 mil[a] | ||
| Wabsteid | Official Web Site | ||
| ^ a. The state's GDP wis 127,841,908 million o pesos in 2008,[7] amoont correspondin tae 9,987,649.06 millon o dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value o 3 Juin 2010).[8] | |||
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Hidalgo (Spainyie pronunciation: [iˈðalɣo]), offeecially Free an sovereign State o Hidalgo (Spainyie: Estado Libre y Soberano de Hidalgo), is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is dividit in 84 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Pachuca de Soto.
In 1869, Benito Juárez creatit the State o Hidalgo. He appointit as caipital o the state the ceety o Pachuca to which was addit the name "de Soto" in recognition o Manuel Fernando Soto, who is considered the maist important drivin force in creatin the state.[9] The state wis namit efter Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the initiator o the Mexican War o Unthirldom.
It is locatit in Eastren Mexico.[10] Hidalgo is bordered bi San Luis Potosí an Veracruz on the north, Puebla on the east, Tlaxcala an México on the sooth an Querétaro on the wast.[11]
The state haes a number o relatively intact native culturs such as the Otomi. There are twa notable immigrant culturs an aw, those o the descendents o Cornish miners in the 19t century[12] an a sma Jewish enclave which claims tae be descendit frae Sephardi Jews which came tae New Spain in the 16t century.[13]
The state contains a number o ecotourism, cultural an aircheological attractions includin the Huasteca aurie, the ruins o Tula, natural hot watter springs, auld haciendas an muntain ranges.
References [edit]
- ↑ "Creación del Estado de Hidalgo, por inseguridad". (in Spanish)
- ↑ Senadores por Hidalgo LXI Legislatura. Senado de la Republica. Retrieved on 24 Mairch 2010. .
- ↑ Listado de Diputados por Grupo Parlamentario del Estado de Hidalgo. Camara de Diputados. Retrieved on 24 Mairch 2010. .
- ↑ Resumen. Cuentame INEGI. Retrieved on 24 Mairch 2011. .
- ↑ Relieve. Cuentame INEGI. Retrieved on 24 Mairch 2011. .
- ↑ Mexico en Cifras. INEGI. Retrieved on 24 Mairch 2011. .
- ↑ Hidalgo. (2010). Retrieved on 24 Mairch 2011. .
- ↑ Reporte: Jueves 3 de Junio del 2010. Cierre del peso mexicano.. www.pesomexicano.com.mx. Retrieved on 10 August 2010. .
- ↑ El Bicentenario será festejado con una biografía de Pachuca. Milenio Hidalgo (December 7, 2009). Retrieved on 21 Mey 2010. .
- ↑ "S&P Rates State of Hidalgo, Mexico 'mxA-", December 14, 2000, p. 1.
- ↑ Información Geográfica Hidalgo. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Retrieved on 22 Julie 2010. .
- ↑ Seijas, Susana. Hidalgo's British bounty Inside Mexico. Retrieved on 8 October 2009. .
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Bibliography [edit]
- (2010) Hidalgo: Guía para descubrir los encantos del estado (in Spanish). Mexico City: Editorial Océano de Mexico SA de CV.
External links [edit]
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Wikisource haes the text o a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica airticle about Hidalgo. |
- (Spainyie) Hidalgo State Government
- (Spainyie) Lengua, cultura e historia de los otomíes – Language, culture, and history of the Otomi
- Codices otomi – Otomi codexes in French, English & Spanish
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