Municipio Jiménez (Coahuila)
Jiménez | |
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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 | 929 |
Madero del Río | 506 |
El Oregano | 498 |
Purísima | 456 |
Palmira ( Victoria ) | 428 |
La Muralla | 402 |
Cristales | 388 |
Santa Rosa | 266 |
La Potasa | 240 |
Vieja Palestine | 219 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Jiménez (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Jiménez (Spanish; PDF)