Municipio Acámbaro

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Acámbaro
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Guanajuato
Seat Acámbaro
surface 880.3 km²
Residents 109,030 (2010)
density 123.9 inhabitants per km²
Website www.acambaro.gob.mx/
INEGI no. 11002
politics
Presidente municipal Gerardo Javier Alcántar Saucedo
The Templo del Hospital in the city of Acámbaro
The Templo del Hospital in the city of Acámbaro

Coordinates: 20 ° 2 ′  N , 100 ° 43 ′  W

Acámbaro is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guanajuato . The municipality covers an area of ​​880.3 km². In 2010 Acámbaro had a population of 109,030 people. The administrative seat and most populous place of the municipality is the Acámbaro of the same name .

geography

Acámbaro is located in the south of the state of Guanajuato at altitudes between 1800  m and 3100  m . The municipality is part of the physiographic province of the Sierra Volcánica Transversal and drains into the Pacific via the Río Lerma , which flows through the municipality . The Municipio Acámbaro has a share in the Lago de Cuitzeo and the reservoir of the Presa Solís . Almost two thirds of Acámbaro's geology is made up of extrusive rock with 20% alluvion ; the predominant soil types are the vertisol (55%) and the phaeozem (23%). More than 60% of the community area is used for arable farming, almost a quarter is taken up by forests.

The municipality of Acámbaro borders on the municipalities of Salvatierra , Tarimoro , Jerécuaro and Tarandacuao and the state of Michoacán .

population

In the 2010 census, 109,030 people in 27,419 residential units were counted in the municipality. Of these, 217 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 36 speakers of the Purépecha . A good ten percent of the population was illiterate. 38,938 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 71% were men or 8.5% were unemployed. 8.7% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The Municipio Acámbaro comprises 214 inhabited localidades , of which, in addition to the main town, Irámuco and Parácuaro are classified as urban by the INEGI. In the 2010 census, eleven places had a population of over 1,000, and 51 other places had at least 200 inhabitants. The largest places are:

place Residents
Acámbaro 57,972
Irámuco 05,954
Parácuaro 04,058
Chupícuaro ( Nuevo Chupícuaro ) 02,273
San Mateo Tócuaro 01,589
Chamácuaro 01,288
La Ortiga 01,244
San Juan Jaripeo 01,173
San Diego de Alcalá ( Hacienda de San Diego ) 01,140
Obrajuelo 01,042
Los Desmontes 01,016

Web links

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