Lafragua Municipality | |
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| Coordinates:19°17′52″N97°17′54″W / 19.29778°N 97.29833°W /19.29778; -97.29833 | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Puebla |
| Area | |
• Total | 128.85 km2 (49.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,829 m (9,281 ft) |
| Population (2010)Municipality | |
• Total | 7,767 |
| • Seat | 761 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central(US Central)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
| Website | (in Spanish) |
Lafragua Municipality is amunicipality in theMexicanstate ofPuebla. According to theNational Statistics Institute (INEGI), it had a population of 10,551 inhabitants in the 2005 census. By the 2010 census it had dropped to 7,767 inhabitants, 761 of whom lived in Saltillo, the municipal seat.[1] Its total area is 128.85 km². The Saltillo name comes from theNahuatl words Atlcholoa in atl, which means water, and Choloa, meaning drip. Therefore, means water that drips. The name Lafragua is in honor ofJosé María Lafragua.
Its geographical coordinates are 19° 17′ 52” North, and 97° 17′ 54” West at Saltillo. Its average altitude is 2,860 m abovesea level. The elevation at Saltillo is officially 2,829 meters (9,281.5 ft.), making it the third-highest municipal seat in Mexico (afterEmiliano Zapata,Tlaxcala andEl Porvenir, Chiapas).
Source: Statistics from INEGI
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