La Misión, Hidalgo

Coordinates: 21°06′N 99°08′W / 21.100°N 99.133°W / 21.100; -99.133
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La Misión
Municipality and town
Official seal of La Misión
La Misión is located in Hidalgo
La Misión
La Misión
Location in Mexico
La Misión is located in Mexico
La Misión
La Misión
La Misión (Mexico)
Coordinates: 21°06′N 99°08′W / 21.100°N 99.133°W / 21.100; -99.133
Country Mexico
StateHidalgo
Municipal seatLa Misión
Area
 • Total179.9 km2 (69.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total10,096

La Misión is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 179.9 km2. The first Spanish colonisers named the town "Cibola", and it was later named "The Mission" by the Franciscan friars that arrived there in later years.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,096.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "La Misión". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 28, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2008.

21°06′N 99°08′W / 21.100°N 99.133°W / 21.100; -99.133