Municipio Gómez Farías (Chihuahua)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gomez Farías
location
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'
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 0667
La Pinta 0657

Web links

Commons : Municipio Gómez Farías  - Collection of images, videos and audio files