sentences:  The municipality had a population of 56,817 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.In pre-Columbian times Apaseo ("Apatzeo") was known as Atlayahualco or "place of where water flows" by the Otomí people who lived in the region.The municipal president of Apaseo el Alto and its many smaller outlying communities, which include San Juan del Llanito, San Bartolo and many others, is Dr. Miguel Ángel Sánchez Escutia