Hidalgo
Hidalgo is a state in Central Mexico. Within easy day-trip distance from Mexico City, Hidalgo is a weekend playground for millions of Mexicans. Hidalgo offers fascinating archaeological sites like the mystical Atlantean statues of Tula, as well as colonial mining towns and haciendas, and rugged outdoor backcountry for mountain sports and communing with nature.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Pachuca and Tulancingo.
Pachuca
Pachuca is a city of almost 300,000 people in the state of Hidalgo, that draws visitors with its well-preserved historical center and mining heritage.
Tulancingo
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Tulancingo is the second-largest city in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is also home to the Huapalcalco archeological site, which was the forerunner to the Teotihuacan civilization.
Tula de Allende
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Tula de Allende is a town in the state of Hidalgo in Central Mexico, usually referred to simply as Tula. It is the location of an archeological site of a city destroyed in the 12th century at some time between 1168 and 1179 AD.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Mineral del Monte and Huichapan.
Mineral del Monte
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Mineral del Monte is an old mining town of 14,000 people in Hidalgo. The mines have closed, but centuries of industrial, cultural and gastronomic history have remained in its streets that give it a distinctive touch compared to the rest of the Hidalgo populations.
Huichapan
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Huichapan is a small town of almost 10,000 people in 2020 in Hidalgo, Mexico. It is a historic town with a colonial era core that includes several churches with stunning architecture and religious artwork.
Ixmiquilpan
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Ixmiquilpan is a town in central Hidalgo, Mexico. Set in the heart of Mexico's volcano belt, this picturesque riverfront colonial town is famous for its hot mineral springs.
Acaxochitlán
Acaxochitlán is an ancient and timeless small town in the mountains of Central Mexico's state of Hidalgo. The town's original settlers were the Tula and Teotihuacan peoples who pre-dated the Aztecs who dominated the region long before the Spanish conquest.Mineral del Chico
Mineral del Chico is a small town in the Central Mexico state of Hidalgo. It is an old town with colonial roots that is a gateway to the rugged mountain backcountry of El Chico National Park.
Actopan
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Actopan is a small city in Central Mexico in the Mezquital Valley in the state of Hidalgo. It is 35 km from the state capital of Pachuca and 125 km from Mexico City.
Tecozautla
Tecozautla is a small town in the Central Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is a colonial town with narrow streets and a colorful town square set in a valley with dramatic mountain scenery of sheer cliffs, volcanic cones, and hills covered with desert vegetation.
Metztitlán
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Metztitlán is a very small town in the Central Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is a popular weekend destination for naturalists and outdoors enthusiasts from Mexico City who come for the hiking trails and the spectacular views of the Barranca de Metztitlan and…
Huasca de Ocampo
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Huasca de Ocampo is a scenic small town in the forests north of Mexico City in the state of Hidalgo. It is one of the most interesting of the Pueblos Magicos.
Zimapán
Zimapán is a small city of about 15,000 people in the Central Mexican state of Hidalgo. The city has a charming colonial downtown area with historic churches and cobblestone streets.
El Chico National Park
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El Chico National Park is a mountainous, heavily forested park in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. It is a great place for camping and hiking because the dense pine forests provide ample shade. It is popular for rock climbing and mountain biking.
Los Marmoles National Park
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Los Marmoles National Park is a mountainous, forest park in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico with canyons, rivers, and sheer cliffs. It is a popular destination for active outdoor sports including mountain biking, rock climbing, and rappelling.
Omitlán
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Omitlán, also known as Omitlan de Juarez, is a small city in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo. Omitlan is a pleasant small town of over 1000 people, but not particularly noteworthy.
Hidalgo
- Type: State with 308,000 residents
- Description: state in Mexico
- Also known as: “Estado de Hidalgo”, “Free and Sovereign State of Hidalgo”, and “Hgo.”
- Neighbors: Mexico State, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosi, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz
- Categories: state of Mexico and locality
- Location: Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude of center
20.5° or 20° 30′ northLongitude of center
-99° or 99° westPopulation
308,000Elevation
1,918 metres (6,293 feet)Abbreviation
“HID”Abbreviation
“Hgo”OpenStreetMap ID
node 305626903OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Hidalgo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ولاية هيدالغو”
- Arabic: “ولايه هيدالجو”
- Aragonese: “Hidalgo”
- Armenian: “Իդալգո”
- Armenian: “Իդալգոյի ազատ և ինքնիշխան նահանգ”
- Asturian: “Estáu d’Hidalgo”
- Asturian: “Hidalgo”
- Aymara: “Hidalgo Istadu”
- Balinese: “Hidalgo (negara wagian)”
- Balinese: “Hidalgo”
- Basque: “Hidalgo”
- Bavarian: “Hidalgo”
- Belarusian: “Ідальга”
- Belarusian: “Штат Ідальга”
- Bengali: “ইদাল্গো”
- Bosnian: “Hidalgo”
- Breton: “Hidalgo”
- Bulgarian: “Идалго”
- Catalan: “Estat d’Hidalgo”
- Catalan: “Estat de Hidalgo”
- Catalan: “Hidalgo”
- Cebuano: “Estado de Hidalgo”
- Chechen: “Идальго (штат)”
- Chechen: “Идальго”
- Cheyenne: “Hidalgo”
- Chinese: “Hidalgo Chiu”
- Chinese: “伊达尔戈州”
- Chinese: “伊達爾戈州”
- Cornish: “Hidalgo”
- Croatian: “Hidalgo”
- Czech: “Hidalgo”
- Danish: “Hidalgo”
- Dutch: “Hidalgo”
- Esperanto: “Hidalgo”
- Estonian: “Hidalgo osariik”
- Finnish: “Hidalgo”
- French: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Hidalgo”
- French: “État d’Hidalgo”
- French: “État de Hidalgo”
- French: “Hidalgo”
- French: “MX-HID”
- Galician: “Estado de Hidalgo”
- Galician: “Hidalgo”
- Georgian: “იდალგო”
- Georgian: “იდალგოს შტატი”
- German: “Hidalgo”
- German: “MX-HID”
- Greek: “Ιδάλγο”
- Guarani: “Tetãvore Hidalgo”
- Gujarati: “હિદાલ્ગો”
- Hausa: “Hidalgo”
- Hebrew: “אידלגו”
- Hindi: “हिदाल्गो”
- Hungarian: “Hidalgo”
- Icelandic: “Hidalgo”
- Ido: “Hidalgo”
- Ido: “Stato Hidalgo”
- Iloko: “Hidalgo”
- Indonesian: “Hidalgo”
- Interlingua: “Hidalgo”
- Irish: “Hidalgo”
- Italian: “Hidalgo”
- Italian: “Stato di Hidalgo”
- Japanese: “イダルゴ州”
- Kannada: “ಹಿಡಾಲ್ಗೊ”
- Korean: “이달고주”
- Ladino: “Hidalgo”
- Latin: “Hidalgum”
- Latvian: “Idalgo”
- Lithuanian: “Hidalgas”
- Lithuanian: “Idalgas”
- Lithuanian: “Idalgo valstija”
- Luxembourgish: “Hidalgo”
- Macedonian: “Идалго”
- Malay: “Hidalgo”
- Marathi: “इदाल्गो”
- Marathi: “हिदाल्गो”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hidalgo Chiu”
- Northern Frisian: “Hidalgo (Bundesstoot)”
- Northern Frisian: “Hidalgo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado de Hidalgo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Hidalgo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hidalgo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hidalgo”
- Norwegian: “Hidalgo”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Hidalgo”
- Ossetian: “Идальго (штат)”
- Ossetian: “Идальго”
- Pampanga: “Hidalgo”
- Persian: “ایالت ایدالگو”
- Persian: “ایالت هیدالگو”
- Piemontese: “Hidalgo”
- Polish: “Hidalgo”
- Portuguese: “Estado de Hidalgo”
- Portuguese: “Hidalgo”
- Quechua: “Hidalgo suyu”
- Romanian: “Hidalgo”
- Romansh: “Hidalgo”
- Russian: “Идальго”
- Sardinian: “Hidalgo”
- Sardinian: “Idalgu (istadu)”
- Sardinian: “Idalgu”
- Scots: “Hidalgo”
- Serbian: “Estado de Hidalgo”
- Serbian: “Држава Идалго”
- Serbian: “Идалго”
- Serbian: “Хидалго”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Država Hidalgo”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Država Idalgo”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Estado de Hidalgo”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hidalgo”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Idalgo”
- Sinhala: “හිඩාල්ගෝ ප්රාන්තය, මෙක්සිකෝව”
- Sinhala: “හිදල්ගෝ”
- Slovak: “Hidalgo”
- Slovenian: “Hidalgo”
- Spanish: “Estado de Hidalgo”
- Spanish: “Hidalgo”
- Swahili: “Hidalgo”
- Swedish: “Hidalgo”
- Tagalog: “Hidalgo”
- Tajik: “Идалго”
- Tamil: “ஹிடால்கோ”
- Tatar: “Идальго (штат)”
- Tatar: “Идальго”
- Telugu: “హిడాల్గో”
- Thai: “รัฐอิดัลโก”
- Thai: “รัฐอีดัลโก”
- Tumbuka: “Hidalgo”
- Turkish: “Hidalgo”
- Ukrainian: “Ідальго”
- Ukrainian: “Ідальґо”
- Urdu: “ہیدالگو (اسٹیٹ)”
- Urdu: “ہیدالگو (ریاست)”
- Urdu: “ہیدالگو”
- Uzbek: “Idalgo”
- Venetian: “Hidalgo (stato)”
- Venetian: “Hidalgo”
- Vietnamese: “Hidalgo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Estado han Hidalgo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Hidalgo”
- Welsh: “Hidalgo”
- Western Panjabi: “ہدالگو”
- Wu Chinese: “伊达尔戈州”
- Yue Chinese: “伊達爾戈州”
- “Hidalgo”
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