Acaxochitlán
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Acaxochitlán is a city and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo
Municipalities of Hidalgo
The Mexican state of Hidalgois made up of 84 municipalities :...

, in central-eastern Mexico
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The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. The municipal seat lies at Acaxochitlán. The municipality covers an area of 226.1 km².

This municipality stay to 1 hour and 30 minutes from Mexico City, to come, take the freeway Mexico Tuxpan.

Is diferent because other countrys of america latin, when the cities have one language, Acaxochitlan have 3 languages; Nahuatl, Spanish and Otomi. In Mexiko have about 62 lenguagge differents. Acaxochitlan is a tipic municipality of mexico, style colony period; "acaxochi" say the people, was part of tula state, in 800 b. C. year. In 1400 b. C. come the zone "chichimecas" group and entry nahuatl lenguagge.

So some years later the Aztecas conquest Acaxochitlan, but was short time, because the empire texcoco conquest before, and is in this years when spanish people come to Mexiko, and destroid tenochtitlan empire.

So acaxochitlan have contact with spain, the people chance, but some traditions not chance, for example gastronomy, dance, and tipic clothing made for woman only. Is a part of social roll, to woman made clothing.

In 1544 is build the first church, it call "capilla de visita", many history about this period is unknown to today, have general data, in 1568 found the church "santa maria asunsion".
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 34,892.
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