Municipio Jiménez (Coahuila)

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Jiménez
location
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Coahuila
Seat Jiménez
surface 2,203.9 km²
Residents 9935 (2010)
density 4.51 inhabitants per km²
INEGI no. 05014

Coordinates: 29 ° 4 ′  N , 100 ° 41 ′  W

The municipality Jiménez is a municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila . In 2010 the municipality had a population of 9935 inhabitants; its area amounts to 2203.9 km². The administrative center of the municipality is Jiménez of the same name , while its largest town is San Carlos .

geography

The municipality of Jiménez is located in the north of the state of Coahuila at an altitude between 100  m and 300  m . 98% of it belongs to the physiographic province of the Great Plains and 2% to the Sierra Madre Oriental . The entire municipal area lies in the catchment area of ​​the Río Bravo del Norte and thus drains into the Gulf of Mexico . The geology of the municipality consists of 39% alluvion and 61% sedimentary rock ; The predominant soil types in the municipality are calcisol (53%) and leptosol (20%). 88% of the municipality is taken up by scrub landscape, about 10% are used for agriculture.

The Municipio Guerrero borders the Municipios Acuña , Piedras Negras and Zaragoza, as well as the State of Texas of the United States of America .

population

In the 2010 census, 9935 people in 2644 residential units were counted in the municipality. Of these, 14 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language . About 4.5% of the population was illiterate. 3369 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 78% were men and 10% were unemployed. 5.6% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The Municipio Jiménez comprises 78 inhabited localidades , of which, in addition to the capital, San Carlos is also classified as urban by the INEGI . Four places had a population of over 500 in the 2010 census, 14 other places had at least 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place Residents
San Carlos 3126
Jiménez 1160
Santa María 0929
Madero del Río 0506
El Oregano 0498
Purísima 0456
Palmira ( Victoria ) 0428
La Muralla 0402
Cristales 0388
Santa Rosa 0266
La Potasa 0240
Vieja Palestine 0219

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