Pisaflores
Pisaflores is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Pisaflores (municipality). The municipality covers an area of 159.3 km².
Pisaflores | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
  Pisaflores Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 21°11′36″N 99°0′18″W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Hidalgo |
| Municipal seat | Pisaflores |
| Area | |
| • Total | 159.3 km2 (61.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 17,214 |
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 17,214.[1]
Pisaflores also has Tepehuas who are Eastern Orthodox Christians (Sandstrom 2005).
References
- "Pisaflores". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on March 20, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
- Sandstrom, Alan R., and Enrique Hugo García Valencia. 2005. Native peoples of the Gulf Coast of Mexico. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
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