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Actopan (from Nahuatl: Ātocpan 'thick, humid and fertile land') is a Mexican city, head of the municipality of Actopan in the state of Hidalgo. [1] [2] Actopan is widely known for its gastronomy, especially for ximbo and barbacoa, [3] as well as for the Church and ex-convent of San Nicolás de Tolentino.
Actopan (Otomi: Ma’yüts’i) is one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico, whose municipal seat and most populated locality is Actopan.This municipality covers an area of 280.1 km 2.
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Actopan is a municipality located at in the montane central zone in the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 50 km from the state capital of XalapaActopan, the municipal seat, is a small city located near the capital of the state.
The Church and Convent of San Nicolás de Tolentino is the Catholic church and parish house of the people of Actopan.It has always belonged to the Diocese of Tulancingo in Mexico.
San Pedro Atocpan is one of the communities that make up the borough of Milpa Alta in Mexico City.This location is known for the preparation of mole sauce, which employs over 90% of the community and provides almost all of the sauce that is eaten in Mexico City. [1]
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Nearby the town of Puente Nacional, to its south, is the old National Bridge (Puente Nacional) it is named for. Originally named the Puente del Rey, it was constructed over the Antigua River by the Spanish in 1806 on the camino del Rey (highway of the king), later the National Road, between Vera Cruz and Mexico City.