Municipio Corregidora

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Corregidora
location
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coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Querétaro
Seat El Pueblito
surface 235.5 km²
Residents 143,073 (2010)
density 607.4 inhabitants per km²
INEGI no. 22006
politics
Presidente municipal Mauricio Kuri González
Pyramid El Cerrito in the Municipio Corregidora
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 08,100
Colonia los Ángeles 04,309
Los Olvera 03,539
La Cueva 01,867
El Jaral 01,820
Charco Blanco 01,752
Bravo 01,407
Lourdes 01,315
Puerta de San Rafael 00.978
Valle Dorado Dos Mil 00.914
Presa de Bravo 00.857
San Rafael 00.813
Vista Real y Country Club 00.767
El Paraíso 00.681
El Romeral 00.671
Valle de los Pinos 00.639
Lomas de la Cruz 00.545

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