Tepeji del Río
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Coordinates: 19 ° 54 ' N , 99 ° 21' W
Tepeji del Río on the map of Hidalgo
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| Country | Mexico |
| State | Hidalgo |
| Municipio | Tepeji del Río |
| City foundation | 1558 |
| Residents | 34,151 (2010) |
| - in the metropolitan area | 80,612 |
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| height | 2135 m |
| Post Code | 42870 |
| prefix | 773 |
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Tepeji del Río de Ocampo or just Tepeji del Río is a city of around 40,000 inhabitants in the southwest of the Mexican state of Hidalgo . At the same time it is the capital of a municipality (municipio) with a total of approx. 90,000 inhabitants. The former Franciscan -Klosterkirche is since 2010 part of the UNESCO - World Heritage Sites on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro .
Location and climate
Tepeji del Río is about 125 km (driving distance) southwest of Pachuca de Soto , the capital of the state, at an altitude of about 2135 m ; as far as Mexico City is only about 80 km to the south. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 615 mm / year) falls predominantly in the summer half-year.
population
| year | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
| Residents | 31,221 | 32,541 | 34,151 |
The vast majority of the population is of Indian descent; Mestizos are also numerous .
economy
In earlier times the residents of Tepeji lived on the income of their fields and gardens as self-sufficient . Gradually small traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds also settled in the city; today there are also several small industrial businesses here.
history
The place was founded in 1558 when the colonial rulers merged the warring neighboring villages of Otlazpan and Tepexic . In the period that followed, several place names such as San Francisco Tepexic , San Francisco del Río or Tepexic del Río circulated . In 1861, during the crisis of the presidency of Benito Juárez, the politician Melchor Ocampo was shot here, after which the city received his name.
Attractions
The main attraction of the city is the former Franciscan monastery church, stabilized by side buttresses and only provided with a small bell attachment. With the exception of the two portals , the monastery church, built from rubble stones , is dedicated to the founder of the order ; it has only one nave and a raised apse . The two-storey cloister (claustro) with a central well basin testifies to the prosperity of the monastery, which was dissolved in the 19th century.
Web links
- Tepeji del Río - Photos + Info (Spanish)