Hidalgo is a state in central Mexico divided into 84 municipalities.<ref name="census2020">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to the 2020 Mexican census, Hidalgo is the 16th most populous state with Template:Nts inhabitants and the 26th largest by land area spanning Template:Convert.<ref name="census2020" /><ref name="Landarea" />
Municipalities in Hidalgo are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.<ref name="constitution">Template:Cite act</ref> Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.<ref name="Mexicolaws">Template:Cite book</ref> They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.<ref name="Mexicolaws" />
The largest municipality by population in Hidalgo is Pachuca, with 314,331 residents, and the smallest is Eloxochitlán with 2,593 residents.<ref name="census2020" /> The largest municipality by area in Hidalgo is Zimapán, which spans Template:Convert, while Tlahuelilpan is the smallest at Template:Convert.<ref name="Landarea" /> The first municipality to incorporate was Huichapan on Template:Dts, and the newest municipality is Progreso de Obregón which incorporated Template:Dts.<ref name="Incorporationdate" />
MunicipalitiesEdit
- Largest municipalities in Hidalgo by population
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Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo's capital and largest municipality by population.
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Mineral de la Reforma is the second largest municipality by population
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Tulancingo de Bravo is the third largest municipality by population
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