Municipio Dzoncauich
Dzoncauich | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Yucatan |
Seat | Dzoncauich |
surface | 133.8 km² |
Residents | 2772 (2010) |
density | 20.7 inhabitants per km² |
founding | 1928 |
INEGI no. | 31031 |
politics | |
Presidente municipal | Gloria Magaly Raz Cohuo |
Palacio Municipal of Dzoncauich |
Coordinates: 21 ° 7 ′ N , 88 ° 53 ′ W
Dzoncauich is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán . The municipality extends over an area of 133.8 km², the 2010 census counted 2772 inhabitants in the municipality. The administrative seat is in Dzoncauich of the same name .
geography
The municipality of Dzoncauich is located in the northern center of the state at an altitude of less than 100 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Yucatán peninsula , to its sub-province of the Yucatec Karst and to the hydrographic region of Yucatán Norte . With a good 98% of the municipality area, limestone dominates the geology of the municipality and Leptosol as the soil type. A good 71% of the municipality is taken up by pastureland, around a quarter is forested.
The Municipio Dzoncauich borders the Municipios Temax and Tekal de Venegas .
population
In the 2010 census, 2772 people were counted in 738 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 1,472 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 1,465 speakers of the Mayathan . A good 20% of the population was illiterate. 1958 residents of Dzoncauich were registered as economically active, of which a good 71% were men and just under 1% were unemployed. A good 22% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio Dzoncauich comprises three inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI .
place | Residents |
Dzoncauich | 2318 |
Chacmay | 452 |
Xchay | 2 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Dzoncauich (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Dzoncauich (Spanish; PDF)