Pachuca

Also known as Pachuca de Soto

Pachuca (; ), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the east-central Mexican state of Hidalgo, located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality for which the city serves as municipal seat. Pachuca is located about north of Mexico City via Mexican Federal Highway 85.

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Pachuca de Soto is the capital and largest city of Hidalgo, a state in east-central Mexico, and serves as the seat of its municipality. The city is situated north of Mexico City and is an important regional center in the south-central part of the state.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Pachuca
Settlement.official_name: Pachuca de Soto
Settlement.nickname: La Bella Airosa (The Windy Beauty)
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Montaje de Pachuca.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 270px
Settlement.image_caption: Left:Panorama view of Pachuca, including Lobo Hills, Los Chavez, from Cubitos Ecological Park, Pachuca Monument Clock Tower, Pachuca Bancomer heritage building, Right:Medina Hidalgo Bartolomé Teather (Teatro Hidalgo Bartolomé de Medina), Christ King of Pachuca (Cristo Ray de Pachuca), Pachuca Saint Francis of Assisi Monastery, Pachuca Municipal Palace (Palacio Municipal de Pachuca)
Settlement.image_seal: Pachuca sello.jpg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Pachuca de Soto.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Logo
Settlement.image_map: 048 Esperanto Hidalgo.png
Settlement.mapsize: 180px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Pachuca Municipality within Hidalgo
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality

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Wikidata facts

Population: 297848
Area: 60.06
Elevation: 2382
Official website: www.pachuca.gob.mx
Image: Reloj Monumental, Pachuca, Hidalgo, México, 2013-10-10, DD 06.JPG
Dialing code: 771

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Commons category: Pachuca de Soto
Commons gallery: Pachuca de Soto
Human Development Index: 0.803
postal code: 42000

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21 sections

Contents

History
Geography
Climate
The city
City attractions
Education
The English/Cornish influence
History
Influences
Football
Pastes
Festivals
Economy
Pachuca Municipality
Mines
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable residents
See also
Notes
References
External links

There is no agreed upon consensus regarding the origins of the word pachuca. It has been loosely traced to pachoa ('strait', 'opening'), pachoacan ('place of government', 'place of silver and gold') and patlachuican ('place of factories', 'place of tears').