Acaxochitlán

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title: "Acaxochitlán" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-hidalgo-(state)", "populated-places-in-hidalgo-(state)", "populated-places-established-in-1544", "1544-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire", "nahua-settlements", "pueblos-mágicos"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acaxochitlán" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Acaxochitlán
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native_name
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pushpin_label_position	above
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subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Mexico
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Hidalgo
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Acaxochitlán
leader_title1	Federal electoral district
leader_name1	Hidalgo's 4th
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
area_total_km2	226.1
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2020
population_total	46,065
timezone	Zona Centro
utc_offset	-6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type
website	acaxochitlanhgo.gob.mx
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Acaxochitlán is one of the 84 municipalities of the state of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 226.1 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 34,892. Acaxochitlan has three languages; Nahuatl, Spanish, and Otomi.

In 2023, Acaxochitlan was designated a Pueblo Mágico by the federal government, recognizing its cultural and historical importance.

Etymology

Its name derives from the Nahuatl words "acatl" meaning "cane," and "xochitl" meaning "flower", which form the word "acaxochitl," a term also used to designate a plant belonging to the reed family and its red flowers. The suffix "tlan" means "place." Thus, the name Acaxochitlán translates as "place of abundant Acaxochitl" or "place where the reed bears flowers." ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Templo_de_la_Asunción_de_Maria.JPG" caption="chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe."] ::

References

References

2. "These are Mexico's newest Magical Towns".
3. "Acaxochitlán". [[Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal]].

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