Apulco Municipality

{{Short description|Municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas}}

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|image_alt = Map of the state with the municipality marked. It is almost at the southern tip.

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Zacatecas

|subdivision_type2 = Municipality

|subdivision_name2 = Apulco

|subdivision_type3 = Largest city

|subdivision_name3 = Tenayuca

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|leader_title = Municipal President

|leader_name = Martín Carvajal Mártinez, PRD

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|established_title = Founded

|established_date = 1541 {{nowrap|(Fray Antonio de Segovia)}}

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|established_date2 = 1863

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|population_blank1_title = Largest city

|population_blank1 = 1791 Tenayuca

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|timezone = Central (US Central)

|utc_offset = -6

|timezone_DST = Central

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|elevation_m = 1850

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|postal_code_type = Postal Code

|postal_code = 99920, 99921, 99922, 99925, 99930

|area_code = 467

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Apulco is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is located on the southern part of the state of Zacatecas and it is bounded by the municipality of Nochistlán de Mejía. The municipality covers a total surface area of {{convert|200|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}.[http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/zacatecas/municipios/32002a.htm "Apulco", Encyclopedia de Municipios ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210331/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/zacatecas/municipios/32002a.htm |date=September 27, 2007 }}

The municipal seat is the city of Apulco.