La Misión, Hidalgo

La Misión
Municipality and town
La Misión
Location in Mexico
La Misión
La Misión (Mexico)
Coordinates: 21°06′N 99°08′W / 21.100°N 99.133°W / 21.100; -99.133
Country Mexico
StateHidalgo
Municipal seatLa Misión
Area
  Total
179.9 km2 (69.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
  Total
10,096

La Misión is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 179.9 km2. The first Spanish colonisers named the town "Cibola", and it was later named "The Mission" by the Franciscan friars that arrived there in later years.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,096.