Municipio Gómez Farías (Chihuahua)
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Basic data | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chihuahua |
Seat | Valentín Gómez Farías |
surface | 854.4 km² |
Residents | 8624 (2010) |
density | 10.1 inhabitants per km² |
founding | 1951 |
INEGI no. | 08025 |
In the center of Valentín Gómez Farías' |
Coordinates: 29 ° 21 ′ N , 107 ° 42 ′ W
Gómez Farías is a municipality with a good 8,600 inhabitants in the Mexican state of Chihuahua . The municipality has an area of 854.4 km². The administrative seat and largest place in the municipality is Valentín Gómez Farías .
geography
The municipality of Gómez Farías is located northwest of the center of the state of Chihuahua at an altitude between 1200 m and 3000 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre Occidental . In the municipality lies the Laguna de Babícora . The geology of the municipality is determined by 33% rhyolite tuff with 28% alluvion , 10% lacustric deposits, 8% conglomerate rock and 6% basalt ; The predominant soil types in the municipality are Leptosol (19%), Phaeozem (16%), Umbrisol , Vertisol (12% each), Luvisol (11%) and Regosol (9%). 37% of the municipality is used for arable farming, 35% is forested, 11% is taken up by pastureland.
The municipality is surrounded by the municipalities Ignacio Zaragoza , Namiquipa , Temósachi and Madera .
population
The 2010 census counted 8624 people in 2570 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 27 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 17 speakers of the Tarahumara language . Almost four percent of the population was illiterate. 3159 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 72% were men and approx. 4.8% were unemployed. Three percent of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio Gómez Farías comprises 26 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, seven towns had a population of over 100. The biggest places are:
place | Residents |
Valentín Gómez Farías | 5330 |
Peña Blanca | 1092 |
San José Babícora | 667 |
La Pinta | 657 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Gómez Farías (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Gómez Farías (Spanish; PDF)