Municipio El Llano
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Aguascalientes |
| Seat | Palo Alto |
| surface | 511.5 km² |
| Residents | 18,828 (2010) |
| density | 36.8 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | 1992 |
| Website | Municipiodeelllano.gob.mx |
| INEGI no. | 01010 |
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| Presidente municipal | Ramiro Salas Pizaña |
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Coordinates: 21 ° 55 ′ N , 101 ° 58 ′ W
El Llano is the name of one of the eleven Municipios of the Mexican state of Aguascalientes . The administrative seat and largest town of the municipality is Palo Alto . The municipality has 18,828 inhabitants (2010) and covers an area of 511.5 km².
geography
The municipality of El Llano is located in the east of the state of Aguascalientes at an altitude between 2000 m and 2500 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre Occidental . The municipality is located in the catchment area of the Río Lerma and thus drains into the Pacific . The geology of the municipality consists of 49.6% alluvion , 36.8% sedimentary rock and 13.6% extrusive rock ; Soil type of 32.3% of the municipality is the Durisol with 27.5% Regosol and 27.1% Phaeozem . About 70% of the community area is used for agriculture, about 25% as pasture land.
The municipality of El Llano borders the municipalities of Aguascalientes and Asientos as well as the state of Jalisco .
population
The 2010 census counted 18,828 people in 4154 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 25 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language . About 5.7% of the population were illiterate. 5849 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 77% were men and approx. 6.6% were unemployed. Almost ten percent of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio El Llano comprises 157 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Four places had a population of over 1000 in the 2010 census, another 14 places had at least 200 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
| place | Residents |
| Palo Alto | 5399 |
| Los Conos | 1108 |
| Ojo de Agua de Crucitas | 1078 |
| Santa Rosa ( El Huizache ) | 1050 |
| La Luz | 870 |
| El Novillo | 865 |
| Licenciado Jesús Terán ( El Muerto ) | 783 |
| Francisco Sarabia ( La Reforma ) | 625 |
| Montoya | 613 |
| El Retoño | 591 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio El Llano (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio El Llano (Spanish; PDF)
