Apa y Tepeapulco

Apa y Tepeapulco was a Spanish corregimiento during the colonial period in New Spain. It was located in south-eastern Hidalgo consisting of the modern municipalities of Almoloya, Tepeapulco and at least some of Tlanalapa.
The region was a frontier province of the Aztec Empire. Tepepolco was also part of this province, and it was a point of resistance to Tlaxcallan invasions. It may have had a connection with Huehue-ichocayan.
In 1527 the Franciscans established a parish at Tepeapulco.
The population was primarily Nahuatl- and Otomi-speaking prior to the Spanish incursion. By 1521 the Spanish power had been asserted over this area. It was made its own corrigimento in 1531. For a brief time around 1545 Tlanalapa was a separate unit but was reunited with Apa y Tepeapulco shortly later.
In 1787 when the government of New Spain was reorganized Apa y Tepeapulco was made a subdelegacion retaining its old boundaries.
In 1792 the population consisted of 1,295 Spaniard, 651 mestizos, 1,059 mulattos and at least 5,000 indios.