Municipio Escárcega
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Campeche | |
| Seat | Escárcega | |
| surface | 4,798.2 km² | |
| Residents | 54,184 (2010) | |
| density | 11.3 inhabitants per km² | |
| founding | January 1, 1991 | |
| Website | www.escarcega.gob.mx | |
| INEGI no. | 04009 | |
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| Presidente municipal | Rodolfo Bautista Puc | |
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Coordinates: 18 ° 35 ′ N , 90 ° 45 ′ W
Escárcega is a municipality in the Mexican state of Campeche . The municipality has 54,184 inhabitants (2010 census) and is 4798 km² in size. The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the Escárcega of the same name .
geography
The municipality of Escárcega is located in the center of the Mexican state of Campeche at up to just over 200 m above sea level. More than 99% of it belongs to the physiographic province of the Yucatán peninsula and almost half a percent to the southern coastal plain of the Gulf or a good 60% to the hydrographic region Grijalva - Usumacinta and almost 40% to the Yucatán Oeste region . The geology of the municipality is determined by 65% limestone and 32% alluvion ; the predominant soil types are Leptosol (48%), Vertisol (38%) and Phaeozem (11%). More than 80% of the community area is forested, around 16% is pasture land.
The municipality of Escárcega borders the municipalities of Champotón , Calakmul , Candelaria and Carmen .
population
The 2010 census counted 54,184 people in 13,299 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 3,072 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 1,726 speakers of the Chol , 786 speakers of the Mayathan and 201 speakers of the Tzeltal . Almost twelve percent of the population were illiterate. 19,450 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which a good 75% were men and approx. 3% were unemployed. Over 28% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio Escárcega comprises 234 inhabited localidades , of which the INEGI and División del Norte are classified as urban in addition to the main town . In the 2010 census, seven towns had a population of over 1,000, 191 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
| place | Residents |
| Escárcega | 29,477 |
| División del Norte | 3,259 |
| La Libertad | 1,462 |
| Matamoros | 1,453 |
| Haro | 1,092 |
| Don Samuel | 1,081 |
| Altamira de Zináparo | 1,040 |
| Centenario | 942 |
| La Victoria | 878 |
| Justicia Social | 818 |
| Kilómetro Treinta y Seis | 810 |
| Silvituc | 803 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Escárcega (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Escárcega (Spanish; PDF)
