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'''Progreso''' (officially: '''Progreso de Obregón (municipality)''') is a community and one of the 84 [[municipalities of Hidalgo]], in central-eastern [[Mexico]]., The municipal seat lieslocated at [[20°15′00″N Progreso de Obregón (municipality) ]]99°11′00″W. The municipality covers an area of km²{{convert|106|km2}}.

Progreso de Obregón used to be part of the municipality of [[Mixquiahuala|Mixquiahuala de Juárez]]. It started as a small village next to the [[Tula River]] called La Salitrera, but due to constant flooding, the villagers looked for higher ground and established a new village called La Venta in 1826. Thanks to its ___location (just in the middle of Valle del Mezquital), La Venta became an important economic center and the village grew. After a visit by president [[Álvaro Obregón]] the town changed its name to Progreso de Obregón.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of .<ref>{{cite web|title=Acatlán |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/hidalgo/municipios/13001a.htm|work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|publisher=[[Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal]]|accessdate=December 27|accessyear=2008}}</ref>

On January 15, 1970, Progreso de Obregón emancipated from Mixquiahuala and became a municipality of its own.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,630.<ref>{{cite web|title=Acatlán Progreso|url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/hidalgo/municipios/13001a13050a.htm|work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|publisher=[[Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal]]|accessdate=December 27, 2008|accessyeararchive-url=2008https://web.archive.org/web/20070405082812/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/hidalgo/municipios/13050a.htm|archive-date=April 5, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Municipalities of Hidalgo (state)]]

[[Category:Cities,Populated towns and villagesplaces in Hidalgo (state)]]

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