Municipio Cerro de San Pedro

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Cerro de San Pedro
Basic data
Country Mexico
State San Luis Potosí
Seat Cerro de San Pedro
surface 122.9 km²
Residents 4021 (2010)
density 32.7 inhabitants per km²
founding 1830
INEGI no. 24009
politics
Presidente municipal Angel de Jesús Nava Loredo
CerroSnPedro Mexico.jpg

Coordinates: 22 ° 13 ′  N , 100 ° 46 ′  W

Cerro de San Pedro is a municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí . The municipality covers an area of ​​122.9 km². In 2010, Cerro de San Pedro had a population of 4021 inhabitants. The administrative seat of the municipality is the Cerro de San Pedro of the same name , while Portezuelo is the most populous town .

The municipality of Cerro de San Pedro has the smallest population in the state as well as one of the smallest in area.

Cerro de San Pedro was first mentioned as a municipality in 1830. It lost this status twice in between. Cerro de San Pedro has been a municipality since 1953.

geography

The municipality of Cerro de San Pedro is located in the center of the state of San Luis Potosí on the border with the Zona Metropolitana de San Luis Potosí , the agglomeration around the capital of the state, at an altitude between 1800  m and 2500  m . It is largely located in the physiographic province of the Mesa del Centro , parts in the north of the municipality belong to the Sierra Madre Oriental . Almost all of the municipality is located in the hydrological region of El Salado , with only about three percent of the municipal area draining into the Gulf of Mexico via the Río Pánuco . Geologically, the municipality is made up of approx. 46.5% sedimentary rock (20% limestone, 18% lutite limestone , 8.5% conglomerate ), approx. 33% extrusive rock (26% rhyolite , 7% tuff ) and 20.5% Alluvions together. Soil type of 75% of the municipality is the Leptosol , followed by 21% Durisol . More than 40% of the community area is covered by scrub, a good 30% is pasture land, a good 20% is used for arable farming.

The municipality of Cerro de San Pedro borders the municipalities of Soledad de Graciano Sánchez , Armadillo de los Infante , Zaragoza and San Luis Potosí .

population

In the 2010 census, 4021 people in 950 residential units were counted in the municipality. Five of them were registered as speakers of an indigenous language . About seven percent of the population was illiterate. 1476 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 74% were men and 4% were unemployed. A good four percent of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The municipality of Cerro de San Pedro comprises 18 localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Six towns had a population of over 200 in the 2010 census:

place Residents
Portezuelo 1353
Real del Potosí 0397
Los Gómez Lado Oriente 0389
Planta del Carmen 0324
Joyita de la Cruz 0312
Monte Caldera 0218
Nueva Zapatilla 0146
Calderón 0142
Granjas de la Florida 0121
Divisadero 0120
Granjas de San Francisco 0109
Granjas de San Pedro 0102
Cerro de San Pedro 0097
Jesús María 0074
Cuesta de Campa 0060
El Tecolote 0047
La Sabanilla 0006th
Colonia SAHOP 0004th

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