Municipio Acámbaro
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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 | |
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Presidente municipal | Gerardo Javier Alcántar Saucedo | |
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 | 5,954 |
Parácuaro | 4,058 |
Chupícuaro ( Nuevo Chupícuaro ) | 2,273 |
San Mateo Tócuaro | 1,589 |
Chamácuaro | 1,288 |
La Ortiga | 1,244 |
San Juan Jaripeo | 1,173 |
San Diego de Alcalá ( Hacienda de San Diego ) | 1,140 |
Obrajuelo | 1,042 |
Los Desmontes | 1,016 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Acámbaro (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Acámbaro (Spanish; PDF)