Apulco Municipality

Municipality of Apulco
Municipality
Coordinates: 21°23′N 102°40′W
Country	Mexico
State	Zacatecas
Municipality	Apulco
Largest city	Tenayuca
Founded	1541 (Fray Antonio de Segovia)
Municipality	1863
Government
• Municipal President	Martín Carvajal Mártinez, PRD
Area
• Total	200 km^2 (80 sq mi)
Elevation	1,850 m (6,070 ft)
Population  (2005)[1]
• Total	4,801
• Largest city	1,791 Tenayuca
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (US Central))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central)
Postal Code	99920, 99921, 99922, 99925, 99930
Area code	467

Apulco is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is located on the southern part of the state of Zacatecas and it is bounded by the municipality of Nochistlán de Mejía. The municipality covers a total surface area of 200 square kilometers (77 sq mi).^[2]

The municipal seat is the city of Apulco.

Population

In the 2005 census Apulco reported a population of 4,801.^[1] Of these, 1,453 lived in the municipal seat and the remainder lived in surrounding rural communities.

References

1. Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 Archived March 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
2. "Apulco", Encyclopedia de Municipios Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine