Municipio Amealco de Bonfil
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Querétaro |
| Seat | Amealco de Bonfil |
| surface | 715.4 km² |
| Residents | 62,197 (2010) |
| density | 86.9 inhabitants per km² |
| INEGI no. | 22001 |
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| Presidente municipal | Rosendo Anaya Aguilar |
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Coordinates: 20 ° 9 ′ N , 100 ° 6 ′ W
Amealco de Bonfil is a municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro . The municipality covers an area of 715.4 km². In 2010, Amealco de Bonfil had a population of 62,197. The administrative seat and most populous place of the municipality is the Amealco de Bonfil of the same name .
geography
The municipality Amealco de Bonfil is located in the extreme south of the state of Querétaro at an altitude between 2100 m and 3100 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Volcánica Transversal and 69% lies in the catchment area of the Río Pánuco , which flows into the Gulf of Mexico , and 31% in the catchment area of the Río Lerma , which drains into the Pacific . The predominant rock types are tuff (55%), sandstone (18%), basalt (9%), andesite (6%) and dacite (5%). Soil type of 67% of the municipality is the Phaeozem , followed by 25% Luvisol and 5% Acrisol . Almost 64% of the community area is used for arable farming, around 18% is forested, and around 17% is used as pasture land.
The municipality of Amealco de Bonfil borders the municipalities of San Juan del Río and Huimilpan as well as the states of Michoacán and México .
population
In the 2010 census, 62,197 people in 13,824 residential units were counted in the municipality. Of these, 15,426 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 14,800 speakers of the Otomí . About 17.4% of the population were illiterate. 20,467 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which a good 76% were men or just under 6.8% were unemployed. A good 25% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio Amealco de Bonfil comprises 159 localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Two places had a population of over 2000 in the 2010 census, 34 other places had at least 500 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
| place | Residents |
| Amealco de Bonfil | 7698 |
| San Ildefonso Tultepec (center) | 3204 |
| Santiago Mexquititlán Barrio 5to. ( El Pastoreo ) | 1794 |
| Santiago Mexquititlán Barrio 1ro. | 1646 |
| Chitejé de Garabato | 1625 |
| El Bothé | 1590 |
| San José Ithó | 1587 |
| Yosphí | 1386 |
| Santiago Mexquititlán Barrio 2do. | 1288 |
| Santiago Mexquititlán Barrio 3ro. | 1283 |
| La Soledad | 1236 |
| Santiago Mexquititlán Barrio 4to. | 1186 |
| San Juan Dehedó | 1166 |
| Mesillas | 1120 |
| San Nicolás de la Torre | 1058 |
| San Felipe ( Santiago Mexquititlán Barrio 6to. ) | 1011 |
| San Miguel Dehetí | 1000 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Amealco de Bonfil (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Amealco de Bonfil (Spanish; PDF)
