Municipio Chenalhó

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Chenalhó
location
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Chiapas
Seat Chenalhó
surface 252.2 km²
Residents 36,111 (2010)
density 143.2 inhabitants per km²
founding 1934, 1935 (again)error
INEGI no. 07026
politics
Presidente municipal Abraham Cruz Gomez
Iglesia Acteal
Iglesia Acteal

Coordinates: 16 ° 53 ′  N , 92 ° 38 ′  W

Chenalhó is a municipality in the center of the Mexican state Chiapas . The municipality has about 36,000 inhabitants and an area of ​​252.2 km². The largest place of the municipality and administrative seat is the Chenalhó of the same name .

The name Chenalhó comes from the Tzotzil and means "cave water".

geography

The municipality of Chenalhó is centrally located in the Mexican state of Chiapas at heights between 300  m and 2400  m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and is entirely in the hydrological region of Grijalva - Usumacinta . The geology of the municipality is determined by 43% sandstone - lutite with 33% silty sandstone and 24% limestone ; The predominant soil types are Luvisol (71%) and Alisol (15%). Around 56% of the community area is used for agriculture, 43% is forested.

The municipality of Chenalhó borders the municipalities of Pantelhó , San Juan Cancuc , Tenejapa , Mitontic , Chamula , Aldama , Larráinzar and Chalchihuitán .

population

The 2010 census counted 36,111 people in 6,833 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 31,788 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , 27,926 speakers of the Tzotzil and 1,653 speakers of the Tzeltal . A good 34 percent of the population was illiterate. 11,049 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which more than 76% were men or 1.1% were unemployed. A good 72% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The municipality of Chenalhó comprises 114 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Six of the towns had a population of over 1000 in the 2010 census, 31 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place Residents Location of important localities in the municipality of Chenalhó
Chenalhó 3143
Tzeltal 2068
Belisario Domínguez 1526
Yibeljoj 1286
Puebla 1245
Miguel Utrilla ( Los Chorros ) 1113
La Libertad 0897
Yabteclum Fracción Dos 0894
Polhó 0810
Canolal 0783

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