Mineral del Monte
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Mineral del Monte, commonly called Real del Monte (Spanish [rea'l del mo'nte] or El Real, is a small mining town, and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in the State of Hidalgo in east-central Mexico.
It is located at an altitude of 2,700 metres (8,900 ft). As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 11,944.