Municipio Moctezuma (San Luis Potosí)

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Moctezuma
location
Basic data
Country Mexico
State San Luis Potosí
Seat Moctezuma
surface 1295 km²
Residents 19,327 (2010)
density 14.9 inhabitants per km²
INEGI no. 24022
politics
Presidente municipal Mario Díaz Hernández
Parroquia de San Jerónimo, San Luis Potosí.JPG

Coordinates: 22 ° 45 ′  N , 101 ° 5 ′  W

Moctezuma is a municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí . The municipality covers an area of ​​1295 km². In 2010, Moctezuma had a population of 19,327 people. The administrative seat and most populous village of the municipality is the eponymous Moctezuma .

geography

The municipality of Moctezuma is located in the west of the state of San Luis Potosí at an altitude between 1600  m and 2600  m . It is entirely located in the physiographic province of the Mesa del Centro and in the endorheic hydrological region of El Salado . Geologically, the municipality is composed of approx. 57% alluvion , 33% sedimentary rock and 8% extrusive rock . Soil type of 35% of the municipality is the Leptosol , followed by 27% Calcisol , 13% Phaeozem and 11% Chernozem . About half of the community area is covered by scrub, a quarter is used for agriculture, 18% is pasture.

The Municipio Moctezuma borders the Municipios Villa de Arista , Venado , Salinas , Ahualulco and San Luis Potosí, as well as the state of Zacatecas .

population

In the 2010 census, 19,327 people were counted in 4,636 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 25 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language . About 12.7% of the population were illiterate. 6,326 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 80% were men and 5.7% were unemployed. Almost 34% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The Municipio Moctezuma comprises 134 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Two towns had a population of over 500 in the 2010 census, another 47 towns had at least 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place Residents
Moctezuma 4792
Morados 0754
Cruces 0487
San José del Grito 0448
El Rebalín 0421
Laboratory Vieja 0412

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