# Tunititlán

Tunititlán is a town in the municipality of Chilcuautla, in the Mexican state of Hidalgo.

## Toponymy

The word Tunititlán comes from Nahuatl, which has several meanings such as “place of prickly pears”; It comes from the Nahuatl words "Thuni", which means prickly pears and "Titlán" which means Place, hence the name place where there are prickly pears. This name was given to the community with the arrival of the Spanish and the demolition of the human settlements that would exist at that time, which was a Toltec tribe, since the original name was Santiago Tenextepango. The name was changed in approximately 1579.

## Geography

It is located in the region of Mezquital Valley, the locality corresponds to the geographical coordinates 20° 15' 5.047” of Latitude north and 99° 14' 46.374” of length west, with an altitude of 2016 MSL It is located at an approximate distance of 10.14 kilometers southwest of the municipal capital, Chilcuautla.
As for physiography it is located within the province of the Neovolcanic Axis, within the subprovince of Llanuras y sierras de Querétaro and Hidalgo; its land is sierra (mountainous) and hilly. With regard to hydrography it is positioned in the Panuco River Region, within the basin of the Moctezuma River, in the sub-basin of the Tula River. It has a temperate semi-dry climate.

## History

The first school classroom dates back to 1926 and the growth of this institution has continued in stages. The bridge was built by the landowners in 1939, and the current one in 1999, the first drinking water system is from 1953 replaced by the now existing one from 1997. The road began to be built in 1954 and completed in 1963. The Electricity arrived in 1968. The health center arrived in 1979. The pantheon was built on land donated by neighbors more than 100 years ago; and telephone service arrived in December 1992.

## Demography

In 2020, it registered a population of 2512 people, which corresponds to 13.28% of the municipal population. Of which 1225 are men and 1287 are women. It has 641 inhabited private homes.

## Culture
### Architecture
#### Hacienda Demiñho

The Hacienda Demiñho old construction is on the road that goes to the municipality of Tezontepec de Aldama is still preserved, only the chapel of the same is still standing; It is semi-abandoned and in ruins. Some of the spaces are used to store fodder and as a barn by the people of the region. It has a great aesthetic value that can be seen in the main nave of the chapel and its bell tower with a conical body and a destroyed altar in the front wall.
Church of San Salvador
This construction is rustic, medium-sized and rectangular in shape, with reinforced masonry, on its façade you can see ancient ornaments and reliefs, some forms in carved stone can be seen, such as Saint Peter, Saint Paul, the sun, the moon and the archangel Saint Gabriel who is riding his horse, the parapet of the roof is adorned with slender pinnacles and the capitals of this contain some rough faces on garlands, some carved painted on the first tower. In 1949 it had a partition floor, which was replaced by mosaic brought from Pachuca.
On the main door of the sacristy we find the date 1778. It has a curate of more or less 6x5 m. the church is roofed with a vault of regular condition and has original figures and paintings from the 18th century. To go up to the bell tower there are 34 steps in the shape of a spiral. On the outside of the temple, the bell tower has five bells. One says 1781 St. James the Apostle: a shearing says March 15, 1883 St. Saviour; Another shearing reads March 15, 1883. The temple is dedicated to Saint Saviour, venerated on August 6 with a great feast, from 2001 to 2007 practically the entire church was remodeled.
Old Bridge of Tunititlan
Near the region between the limits of the municipalities of Mixquiahuala and Chilcuahutla and which is part of the road that connects both towns (main access and exit route to Tunititlán), there is a bridge built over the bed of the Tula River, its construction dates from the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 20th century. It is built of quarry and masonry supported on 8 arches resting on solid pyramidal bases and has a protective wall at the top. People in the community mention that it was repaired in the 1930s, and later in 1999. Because it is an old bridge, only one vehicle can pass at a time. For this reason, a request was made for a new bridge, which was inaugurated by the governor of the state in 2004.

### Festivities

A carnival is held in the town on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. The Patron Saint Fair of Tunititlán, in honor of the Divine Savior, is held annually, with August 6 as its main day. The Gastronomic and Pulque Festival is also held at Hacienda Demiñho.