- Apulco
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map_caption = Location of Apulco, Mexico (red) within the country and stateZacatecas
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subdivision_name1 =Zacatecas
subdivision_type2 =Municipality
subdivision_name2 = Apulco
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leader_title =Mayor
leader_name =Martín Carvajal Mártinez
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established_title = Founded
established_date =1541 (Fray Antonio de Segovia)
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latd=21 |latm=23 |lats= |latNS=N
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footnotes =Apulco is a city in the
Mexican state ofZacatecas .The city serves as the administrative center for the surroundingmunicipality of Apulco . Apulco had a 2005 census population of 1,453 people. [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática]Origin of the name
The
Nahuatl dictionary defines the word "Apoctli" (which people believe the name Apulco derived from) as smoke, water, water vapor.History
The first inhabitants of what is now Apulco were the
Tecuexes who populated the area approximately in the 10th century. Later that area was inhabited by the Caxcan, which came from the Teuitlan Valley (nowMunicipality of Villanueva ,Zacatecas ), immediately a town arose which was known as Nochistlán, but they were expelled by its previous inhabitants, who later resided in the area due to the support of zacatecans and theHuachichil .In the year of
1541 , supported by theviceroy , Fray Antonio de Segovia moved forward with the christian evangelization and built a chapel in favor ofSaint Peter , patron of the place. Apulco was declared a town in 1821. [ [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/zacatecas/municipios/32002a.htm "Apulco", Encyclopedia de Municipios ] ]References
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