Municipio Jesús María (Aguascalientes)
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Aguascalientes | |
| Seat | Jesús María | |
| surface | 509.5 km² | |
| Residents | 99,590 (2010) | |
| density | 195.5 inhabitants per km² | |
| Website | jesusmaria.gob.mx | |
| INEGI no. | 01005 | |
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| Presidente municipal | Noel Mata Atilano | |
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Coordinates: 21 ° 57 ′ N , 102 ° 22 ′ W
Jesús María is one of the eleven municipalities in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes . The administrative seat and largest city of the municipality is the city of the same name, Jesús María . The municipality has almost 100,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 509.4 km².
geography
The Municipio Jesús María is centrally located in the state of Aguascalientes in the Zona Metropolitana de Aguascalientes at an altitude between 1900 m and 2600 m . 77% of it belongs to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre Occidental and 21% to the Mesa del Centro . The municipality is located in the catchment area of the Río Lerma thus drains into the Pacific . The geology of the municipality consists of 55% rhyolite tuff , 27% sandstone and 15% alluvion . The predominant soil types are the Phaeozem (54%) and Leptosol (34%). About 34% of the community area is used as pastureland, 32% is used for arable farming, and 30% is forested.
The municipality of Jesús María borders the municipalities of San José de Gracia , Pabellón de Arteaga , San Francisco de los Romo , Aguascalientes and Calvillo .
population
In the 2010 census, 99,590 people in 22,806 residential units were counted in the municipality. Of these, 179 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 28 speakers of the Mazahua and 20 speakers of the Nahuatl . About 3.7% of the population were illiterate. 39,315 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 66% were men or 4.9% were unemployed. A good six percent of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio Jesús María comprises 235 inhabited localidades , of which the capital as well as Jesús Gómez Portugal, Paseos de Aguascalientes, Arboledas Paso Blanco, Corral de Barrancos and El Llano are classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, 16 towns had a population of over 1000, and a further 38 towns had at least 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
| place | Residents |
| Jesús María | 43,012 |
| Jesús Gómez Portugal ( Margaritas ) | 11,589 |
| Paseos de Aguascalientes | 4,432 |
| Arboledas Paso Blanco (Fraccionamiento) | 3,313 |
| Corral de Barrancos | 3.158 |
| El Llano | 2,571 |
| Maravillas | 2,208 |
| Paso Blanco | 1,709 |
| Tepetates | 1,683 |
| General Ignacio Zaragoza ( Venadero ) | 1,630 |
| Paseos de las Haciendas (Fraccionamiento) | 1,596 |
| Valladolid | 1,411 |
| San Antonio de los Horcones | 1,254 |
| Los Arquitos | 1,120 |
| Miravalle | 1,071 |
| Ejido la Guayana ( Rancho Seco ) | 1,028 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Jesús María (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Jesús María (Spanish; PDF)
