Santiago de Anaya
Municipality and town in Hidalgo, Mexico
20°23′04″N 98°57′53″W / 20.38444°N 98.96472°W / 20.38444; -98.96472![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png)
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Santiago de Anaya is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 316.1 km2. The town is famous for its annual gastronomic festival, held for the last 37 years, featuring dishes prepared with plants and animals native to the region, including coyote, armadillo, rabbit, various snakes and xamues – long-legged, plant-eating bugs. The festival, held during Easter week attracts thousands of tourists.
The original name of the town was Tlachichilco, which means "the painted land."
As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 17,032, according to the most recent census by Mexico's National Statistics Institute (INEGI).
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Pachuca (capital)
- Greater Mexico City
- Mezquital Valley
- Pachuca metropolitan area
- Pachuca Range
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(towns)
- Acatlán
- Acaxochitlán
- Actopan
- Agua Blanca de Iturbide
- Ajacuba
- Alfajayucan
- Almoloya
- Apan
- El Arenal
- Atitalaquía
- Atlapexco
- Atotonilco de Tula
- Atotonilco El Grande
- Calnali
- Cardonal
- Chapantongo
- Chapulhuacán
- Chilcuautla
- Cuautepec de Hinojosa
- Eloxochitlán
- Emiliano Zapata
- Epazoyucan
- Francisco I. Madero
- Huasca de Ocampo
- Huautla
- Huazalingo
- Huehuetla
- Huejutla de Reyes
- Huichapan
- Ixmiquilpan
- Jacala
- Jaltocan
- Juárez
- Lolotla
- Metepec
- Metztitlán
- Mineral de la Reforma
- Mineral del Chico
- Mineral del Monte
- La Misión
- Mixquiahuala
- Molango
- Nicolás Flores
- Nopala
- Omitlán de Juárez
- Orizatlán
- Pachuca
- Pacula
- Pisaflores
- Progreso, Hidalgo
- San Agustín Metzquititlán
- San Agustín Tlaxiaca
- San Bartolo Tutotepec
- San Salvador
- Santiago de Anaya
- Singuilucan
- Tasquillo
- Tecozautla
- Tenango de Doria
- Tepeapulco
- Tepehuacán de Guerrero
- Tepeji
- Tepetitlán
- Tetepango
- Tezontepec de Aldama
- Tianguistengo
- Tizayuca
- Tlacotlapilco
- Tlahuelilpan
- Tlahuiltepa
- Tlanalapa
- Tlanchinol
- Tlaxcoapan
- Tolcayuca
- Tula de Allende
- Tulancingo
- Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero
- Tezontepec
- Xochiatipan
- Xochicoatlán
- Yahualica
- Zacualtipan
- Zapotlán de Juárez
- Zempoala
- Zimapán