Juárez Hidalgo is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. Created in 1869, its name honours both Benito Juárez and Miguel Hidalgo. The present-day municipal seat was known as Itztapanitla prior to European contact and, in colonial times, as San Guillermo.
The municipality of Juárez Hidalgo covers an area of . In 2020, it had a total population of 2,895, down from the 2010 figure but up from the 1,820 reported in the 2005 census. Fewer than 1.5% of the population are indigenous language speakers, with Nahuatl the most common.
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External links Enciclopedia de los municipios de Hidalgo: Juárez Hidalgo, Secretaría de Planeación, Desarrollo Regional y Metropolitano, Gobierno del Estado de Hidalgo