Municipio Gran Morelos

Gran Morelos
Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Seat	San Nicolás de Carretas
surface	486.1 km²
Residents	3209 (2010)
density	6.6 inhabitants per km²
INEGI no.	08026

28.3 -106.58333333333Coordinates: 28 ° 18 ′ N , 106 ° 35 ′ W

Gran Morelos is a municipality with a good 3200 inhabitants in the Mexican state of Chihuahua . The municipality has an area of 486.1 km². The administrative seat and largest place in the municipality is San Nicolás de Carretas .

The municipality of Gran Morelos received its name in 1933 in honor of José María Morelos y Pavón .

geography

The municipality of Gran Morelos is located in the center of the state of Chihuahua at an altitude between 1600 m and 2300 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre Occidental , lies entirely in the hydrological region Bravo - Conchos and thus drains into the Gulf of Mexico . The geology of the municipality is 67% determined by conglomerate rock with 12% rhyolite tuff and 6% alluvion ; The predominant soil types in the municipality are the Phaeozem (34%), Calcisol , Leptosol (22% each), Regosol (11%) and Cambisol (7%). 47% of the municipality is used for arable farming, 29% is forested, 22% is taken up by pastureland.

The municipality is surrounded by the municipalities Cusihuiriachi , Cuauhtémoc , Riva Palacio , Santa Isabel and Dr. Belisario Domínguez .

population

The 2010 census counted 3209 people in 1070 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 46 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 31 speakers of the Tarahumara language . A good six percent of the population was illiterate. 1246 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 79% were men and a good 4% were unemployed. Two and a half percent of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The Municipio Gran Morelos comprises 35 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, eleven towns had a population of over 100. The biggest places are:

place	Residents
San Nicolás de Carretas	726
La Paz	677
El Aguaje	254

Web links

Commons : Municipio Gran Morelos - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Gran Morelos (Spanish)
INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Gran Morelos (Spanish; PDF)