Municipio of Cusihuiriachi

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Cusihuiriachi
location
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Chihuahua
Seat Cusihuiriachi
surface 1,610.6 km²
Residents 5414 (2010)
density 3.36 inhabitants per km²
founding 1820
INEGI no. 08018
politics
Presidente municipal Abel Ordoñez García
The Parroquia de Santa Rosa de Lima in Cusihuiriachi
The Parroquia de Santa Rosa de Lima in Cusihuiriachi

Coordinates: 28 ° 15 ′  N , 106 ° 50 ′  W

Cusihuiriachi is a municipality with about 5400 inhabitants in the Mexican state of Chihuahua . The municipality has an area of ​​1610.6 km². The administrative seat of the municipality is the eponymous Cusihuiriachi , while the largest place is Los Álamos de Cerro Prieto .

geography

The municipality of Cusihuiriachi is located in the center of the state of Chihuahua at an altitude between 1600  m and 2800  m . The municipality lies entirely in the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre Occidental . 50% of it is located in the endorheic basin of the Cuencas Cerradas del Norte (Casas Grandes) , 47% are in the hydrological region Bravo - Conchos and drain into the Gulf of Mexico , the remaining 3% are in the Sonora Sur region and drain in the Gulf of California . The geology of the municipality is determined by 41% conglomerate rock with 34% rhyolite tuff and 17% sandstone conglomerate; The predominant soil types in the municipality are Leptosol (34%), Luvisol (24%), Phaeozem (23%), Durisol and Vertisol (7% each). 44% of the community area is forested, 39% is used for arable farming, 13% is used as pasture land.

The municipality borders on the municipalities Guerrero , Cuauhtémoc , Gran Morelos , Dr. Belisario Domínguez , San Francisco de Borja and Carichí .

population

The 2010 census counted 5414 people in 1663 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 192 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 169 speakers of the Tarahumara language . 5.6 percent of the population were illiterate. 2095 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which 84% were men and 1.4% were unemployed. 4.7 percent of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The municipality of Cusihuiriachi comprises 126 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town of the same name (63 inhabitants) is classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, seven towns had a population of over 200, 110 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place Residents
Los Álamos de Cerro Prieto 614
Cerro Prieto ( Cerro Prieto de Abajo ) 400
Chopeque 378
Colonia Cusi (Ojo de Agua) 307

Web links

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