Municipio Cadereyta de Montes

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Cadereyta de Montes
location
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Querétaro
Seat Cadereyta de Montes
surface 1,351.5 km²
Residents 64,183 (2010)
density 47.5 inhabitants per km²
INEGI no. 22004
politics
Presidente municipal León Enrique Bolaño Mendoza
Landscape in the Sierra Gorda in the municipality of Cadereyta de Montes
Landscape in the Sierra Gorda in the municipality of Cadereyta de Montes

Coordinates: 20 ° 42 ′  N , 99 ° 48 ′  W

Cadereyta de Montes is a municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro . The municipality covers an area of ​​1351.5 km², making it the largest in the state. In 2010 Cadereyta de Montes had a population of 64,183 inhabitants. The administrative seat and most populous place of the municipality is the eponymous Cadereyta de Montes .

geography

The municipality of Cadereyta de Montes is located in the east of the state of Querétaro at an altitude between 800  m and 3200  m . 44% of it belongs to the physiographic province of the Sierra Volcánica Transversal , 40% to the Sierra Madre Oriental and 16% to the Mesa del Centro ; it lies entirely in the catchment area of ​​the Río Pánuco , as a result of which it drains into the Gulf of Mexico . The predominant rock types are various sedimentary rocks (31.3% limestone , 23.5% limestone lutite , 7.4% sandstone , 5% conglomerates ) with 10.3% basalt , 7.1% andesite , 6.6% tuff and 4 , 8% alluvions . Soil type of 38% of the municipality is the Leptosol , followed by 21% Phaeozem , 14% Vertisol , 10% each Calcisol and Luvisol and 6% Regosol . Just over 50% of the community area is covered by shrubland, around 24% are forested, around 15% are used for arable farming, and 8% are used as pasture land.

The municipality of Cadereyta de Montes borders the municipalities of San Joaquín , Peñamiller , Pinal de Amoles , Tolimán and Ezequiel Montes, as well as the state of Hidalgo .

population

The 2010 census counted 64,183 people in 14,521 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 1,244 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 1,103 speakers of the Otomí . About 13.3% of the population were illiterate. 22,033 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which a good 71% were men and a good 9% were unemployed. 17.7% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The municipality of Cadereyta de Montes comprises 243 localidades , of which the main town and El Palmar are classified as urban by INEGI . In the 2010 census, three places had a population of over 2000, 22 other places had at least 500 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place Residents
Cadereyta de Montes 13,347
El Palmar ( Santa María del Palmar ) 02,884
Vizarrón de Montes 02,235
Boyé 01,975
Bella Vista del Río 01,955
San Javier 01,871
Villa Guerrero 01,651
Higuerillas 01,539
Boxasní 01,481
El Rincon 01,240
San Martin Florida 01,017
Puerto de Chiquihuite 01.002

Web links

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