El Arenal, Hidalgo

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El Arenal is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 125.9 km².

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 15,037.{{cite web|title=El Arenal |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/hidalgo/municipios/13009a.htm |work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |publisher=Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal |access-date=December 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617104805/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/hidalgo/municipios/13009a.htm |archive-date=June 17, 2011 }}