Geography of the state of Hidalgo
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The geography of the State of Hidalgo refers to the physical geography and human geography of Hidalgo, a state in central Mexico.
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It's located in the region east of the country, bordering to the north with San Luis Potosí and Veracruz, to the east with Puebla, to the south with Tlaxcala and the state of Mexico, and to[1] It's located between the coordinates: to the north, 21°23′55″; to the south, 19°35′52″ of the latitude north; to the east, 97°59′06″; to the west, [clarification needed].[. 1] It's made up of eighty-four municipalities.[2]
According to INEGI, it has an area of 20 813.57 km2,[3] and represents 1.06% of the area of the country.[note 1][1][5] It's the 6th least extensive state - ahead of Querétaro, Colima, Aguascalientes, Morelos and Tlaxcala, the least extensive. The largest municipality is Zimapán, with an area of 872.24 km2 representing 4.19% of the state area;[note 2] And the least extensive municipality is Tlahuelilpan, with an area of 28.18 km2 representing 0.14% of the state area.[note 3][3][10]