Municipio Corregidora
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Country | Mexico | |
State | Querétaro | |
Seat | El Pueblito | |
surface | 235.5 km² | |
Residents | 143,073 (2010) | |
density | 607.4 inhabitants per km² | |
INEGI no. | 22006 | |
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Presidente municipal | Mauricio Kuri González | |
Pyramid El Cerrito in the Municipio Corregidora |
Coordinates: 20 ° 31 ′ N , 100 ° 27 ′ W
Corregidora is a municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro . The municipality covers an area of 235.5 km². In 2010, Corregidora had a population of 143,073 people. The administrative seat and most populous place of the municipality is El Pueblito .
Located in the Zona Metropolitana de Querétaro , the Municipio Corregidora is both the smallest in area in the state and the one with the third highest population.
geography
The municipality Corregidora is located in the southwest of the state of Querétaro between its capital Santiago de Querétaro and the state of Guanajuato at an altitude between 1800 m and 2300 m . It is entirely part of the Physiographic Province of the Sierra Volcánica Transversal . The municipality drains completely over the Río Apaseo into the Río Laja and further over the Río Lerma into the Pacific . The predominant rock types are the igneous extrusive rocks basalt (31%), tuff (29%) and andesite (12%) with 15% alluvial soil and 5% sedimentary rock ( sandstone ). Soil type of 69% of the municipality is the vertisol , followed by 20% phaeozem . More than 62% of the community area is used for arable farming, around 12% each is covered by scrub or pasture.
The municipality of Corregidora borders the municipalities of Querétaro and Huimilpan and the state of Guanajuato.
population
In the 2010 census, 143,073 people in 37,562 residential units were counted in the municipality. Of these, 563 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 185 speakers of the Otomí . A little over 3% of the population was illiterate. 63,790 residents were registered as economically active, of which around 60% were men and 4.5% were unemployed. Less than one percent of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The municipality of Corregidora comprises 120 localidades , of which the main town as well as San José de los Olvera, Venceremos, La Negreta, Colonia los Ángeles and Los Olvera are classified as urban by INEGI . In the 2010 census, 20 towns had a population of over 500:
place | Residents |
El Pueblito | 71,254 |
San Jose de los Olvera | 18.406 |
Venceremos | 15,538 |
La Negreta | 8,100 |
Colonia los Ángeles | 4,309 |
Los Olvera | 3,539 |
La Cueva | 1,867 |
El Jaral | 1,820 |
Charco Blanco | 1,752 |
Bravo | 1,407 |
Lourdes | 1,315 |
Puerta de San Rafael | 978 |
Valle Dorado Dos Mil | 914 |
Presa de Bravo | 857 |
San Rafael | 813 |
Vista Real y Country Club | 767 |
El Paraíso | 681 |
El Romeral | 671 |
Valle de los Pinos | 639 |
Lomas de la Cruz | 545 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Corregidora (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Corregidora (Spanish; PDF)