Municipio Aldama (Chiapas)
Aldama | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chiapas |
Seat | Aldama |
surface | 26.9 km² |
Residents | 5072 (2010) |
density | 188.6 inhabitants per km² |
founding | 1998 |
INEGI no. | 07113 |
politics | |
Presidente municipal | Verónica Ruiz Pérez |
Coordinates: 16 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ N , 92 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ W.
Aldama is a municipality in the center of the Mexican state Chiapas . The municipality is located in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas . It has 5000 inhabitants, is 26.9 km² and has its administrative seat in Aldama of the same name .
geography
The Municipio Aldama is located in the center of the Mexican state Chiapas in the Altos region at altitudes between 700 m and 2300 m . It lies entirely in the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and entirely in the hydrological region of Grijalva - Usumacinta . The geology of the municipality is determined by 56% sandstone - lutite with 44% siltstone - sandstone; the predominant soil types are Phaeozem (58%) and Luvisol (42%). About 52% of the community area is used for agriculture, about 47% is forested.
The municipality of Aldama borders the municipalities of Chenalhó , Chamula , Larráinzar and Santiago el Pinar .
population
In the 2010 census, 5072 people were counted in 861 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 4,157 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , of which 3,778 speakers of the Tzotzil language . Almost 28 percent of the population were illiterate. 1071 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which 90% were men or 0.1% were unemployed. About 79% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The municipality of Aldama comprises 21 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Only the main town had a population of over 500 in the 2010 census, seven towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
place | Residents |
Aldama | 1273 |
Xuxchén | 469 |
San Pedro Cotzilnam | 435 |
Revolución Fiu | 406 |
Yetón | 319 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Aldama (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Aldama (Spanish; PDF)
- ceieg.chiapas.gob.mx: map of the municipality