Municipio Banderilla
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Country | Mexico | |
State | Veracruz | |
Seat | Banderilla | |
surface | 19.9 km² | |
Residents | 21,546 (2010) | |
density | 1,083.2 inhabitants per km² | |
INEGI no. | 30026 | |
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Presidente municipal | Juan Manuel Rivera González |
Coordinates: 19 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ N , 96 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ W.
Banderilla is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz , and is part of the Zona Metropolitana de Xalapa , the metropolitan area around Xalapa , the capital of Veracruz '. The municipality covers an area of 19.9 km². In 2010, Banderilla had a population of 21,546 people. The administrative seat and largest place in the municipality is the Banderilla of the same name .
The community got its name from a banderilla that was placed by robbers at the top of the Cerro de la Martinica to show their accomplices the way.
geography
The municipality of Banderilla is located in the center of the state of Veracruz in the Capital region at an altitude between 1300 m and 1700 m . It is located in a volcanic area in the foothills of the Cofre de Perote , a prominent elevation is the Cerro de la Martinica. Tributaries of the Sedeño (also a tributary of the Río Actopan ) flow through the municipality . Banderilla is located in the physiographic province of the Sierra Volcánica Transversal and drains over the Río Papaloapan into the Gulf of Mexico . Geologically, the municipality is made up of 67% tuff and 7% basalt , 38% of the municipality is soil type is Andosol , followed by 36% Phaeozem . About 56% of the community area is used for arable farming, about 26% of the area is taken up by urban zones, 18% is pasture land.
The climate is humid with an average temperature of 18 ° C and an average annual rainfall of 1500 mm.
The Municipio Banderilla borders the Municipios Jilotepec , Xalapa , Tlalnelhuayocan and Rafael Lucio .
population
In the 2010 census, 21,546 people were counted in 5,629 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 77 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 26 Nahuatl speakers . About 6.3% of the population were illiterate. 9,074 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 62% were men or just under four percent were unemployed. 7.7% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio Banderilla comprises 24 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Three places had more than 500 inhabitants, 200 places had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
place | Residents |
Banderilla | 19,649 |
Xaltepec | 933 |
La Haciendita | 629 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Banderilla (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Banderilla (Spanish; PDF)