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Sultepec Municipality

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Also known as Sultepec

Sultepec is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipal seat is Sultepec de Pedro Ascencio de Alquisiras. The municipality covers an area of .

Key facts

Settlement.name
Sultepec
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Saint John the Baptist Church, Sultepec, Mexico state, Mexico00.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.mapsize
200px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the municipality in Mexico State
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Mexico (state)
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipal seat
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Sultepec de Pedro Ascencio de Alquisiras
Settlement.area_total_km2
552.52
Settlement.population_as_of
2005
Settlement.population_total
24986
Settlement.timezone
Central Standard Time

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Wikidata facts

Country
Mexico
Located in
State of Mexico
Area
552.52
Elevation
2396
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Commons category
Sultepec
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Encyclopedic overview

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Sultepec is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipal seat is Sultepec de Pedro Ascencio de Alquisiras. The municipality covers an area of .

The Spanish discovered silver lodes here in 1531, which started commercial silver mining in the area. Along with Amatepec the area became known as the "Provincia de la Plata". Johann Engel was one of the Germans to settle in the area in 1536, and introduced litharge as a flux in the smelting of the ore. Amalgamation was used on a large scale in 1556.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sultepec Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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