Municipio Metepec (México)

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Metepec
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State México
Seat Metepec
surface 67.6 km²
Residents 214,162 (2010)
density 3,169.7 inhabitants per km²
Website metepec.gob.mx
INEGI no. 15054
politics
Presidente municipal Carolina Monroy del Mazo
View of the town of Metepec
View of the town of Metepec

Coordinates: 19 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 99 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  W.

Tree of Life, around 1980. Colorfully painted clay trees of life with integrated nativity scenes are typical works by the potters from Metepec. Stock of the MEK .

Metepec is a municipality in the Mexican state of México . It belongs to the Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Toluca , the metropolitan area around Toluca de Lerdo . According to the 2010 census, the municipality has 214,162 inhabitants, its area amounts to 67.6 km².

The seat of the municipality is the Pueblo Mágico Metepec of the same name .

geography

Metepec is centrally located in the western part of the state of México, a few kilometers southeast of Toluca de Lerdo at an altitude of about 2650  m . The only significant elevation in the municipality is the Cerro de Metepec .

The municipality of Metepec borders on the municipalities of Toluca , San Mateo Atenco , Tianguistenco , Chapultepec , Mexicaltzingo and Calimaya .

Places in the municipality

According to the INEGI 2010 survey , the municipality comprises 22 localities, 9 of which have a population of more than 5,000 people. These places are - in descending order of their population - San Salvador Tizatlalli , Metepec , San Jerónimo Chicahualco , San Francisco Coaxusco , San Jorge Pueblo Nuevo , San Bartolomé Tlaltelulco , San Gaspar Tlahuelilpan , San Miguel Totocuitlapilco and Santa María Magdalena Ocotitlán . San Salvador Tizatlalli, San Jerónimo Chicahualco, San Francisco Coaxusco and San Jorge Pueblo Nuevo were not counted as separate locations in the INEGI statistics until 2005, but as parts of the city of Metepec.

Web links

Commons : Municipio Metepec  - collection of images, videos and audio files