Huauchinango
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Huauchinango is a city and its surrounding municipality
located in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Puebla
. The city is the eighth largest in the state, with a 2005 census population of 51,898 inhabitants. The municipality, which has an area of 160.75 km² (62.066 sq mi), had a census population of 90,846. Its largest town besides the municipal seat at Huauchinango is Tenango de las Flores, with a population of 6,936 persons.
Huauchinango is in the Sierra Norte de Puebla
mountains, a part of the Eastern Sierra Madre
range.
Municipalities of Mexico
Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616...
located in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Puebla
Puebla
Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....
. The city is the eighth largest in the state, with a 2005 census population of 51,898 inhabitants. The municipality, which has an area of 160.75 km² (62.066 sq mi), had a census population of 90,846. Its largest town besides the municipal seat at Huauchinango is Tenango de las Flores, with a population of 6,936 persons.
Huauchinango is in the Sierra Norte de Puebla
Sierra Norte de Puebla
The Sierra Norte de Puebla – known simply as the Sierra Norte by locals – is a mountain range that makes up the southern end of the Sierra Madre Oriental in central Mexico.-Mountain range:...
mountains, a part of the Eastern Sierra Madre
Sierra Madre Oriental
The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico.-Setting:Spanning the Sierra Madre Oriental runs from Coahuila south through Nuevo León, southwest Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, and Hidalgo to northern Puebla, where it joins with the east-west running Eje Volcánico...
range.