Municipio Larráinzar

Larráinzar
Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	Chiapas
Seat	San Andrés Larráinzar
surface	149.3 km²
Residents	20,349 (2010)
density	136.3 inhabitants per km²
founding	1915
INEGI no.	07049
politics
Presidente municipal	Teodulfo Pérez Hernández
	San Andrés Larráinzar

16.883333333333 -92.733333333333Coordinates: 16 ° 53 ′ N , 92 ° 44 ′ W

Larráinzar is a municipality in the center of the Mexican state Chiapas . The municipality has about 20,000 inhabitants and an area of 149.3 km². County seat and largest city of Municipalities often isdas t also briefly Larráinzar called San Andrés Larráinzar .

Larráinzar used to be called Istacostoc, a Nahuatl word that means "white cave".

geography

The municipality of Larráinzar is located in the center of the Mexican state Chiapas at heights between 700 m and 2600 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and is entirely in the hydrological region of Grijalva - Usumacinta . The geology of the municipality is determined by 65% limestone with 30% sandstone - lutite and 4% silty sandstone; the predominant soil types are Luvisol (64%), Phaeozem (22%) and Alisol (13%). About 65% of the community area is forested, 34% is taken up by arable land.

The municipality of Larráinzar borders on the municipalities of El Bosque , Chalchihuitán , Chenalhó , Aldama , Santiago el Pinar , Chamula , Ixtapa and Bochil .

population

In the 2010 census, 20,349 people were counted in 3,555 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 17,213 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 15,941 speakers of the Tzotzil . 26 percent of the population were illiterate. 5,323 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which 81% were men and 0.75% were unemployed. 73% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The municipality of Larráinzar comprises 77 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 500, and 20 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place	Residents
Larráinzar ( San Andrés Larráinzar )	2364
Chuchiltón Anexo Potobtic Dos	0947
Majoval	0754
San Cristobalito	0640
Jolnachoj	0633
Bayalemo Dos	0630

Web links

Commons : Municipio Larráinzar - collection of images

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