Municipio Morelos (México)
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Country | Mexico | |
State | México | |
Seat | San Bartolo Morelos | |
surface | 236.5 km² | |
Residents | 28,426 (2010) | |
density | 120.2 inhabitants per km² | |
founding | 1874 | |
INEGI no. | 15056 | |
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Presidente municipal | Iván Trinidad Martínez | |
Coordinates: 19 ° 47 ′ N , 99 ° 40 ′ W
Morelos is a municipality in the Mexican state of México . The municipality had 28,426 inhabitants at the 2010 census, its area amounts to 236.5 km².
The administrative seat of the municipality is San Bartolo Morelos .
geography
Morelos is located in the central northwest of the state of México at an altitude of about 2700 m to 3360 m . The municipality consists of two unconnected parts, on the one hand a larger, northern part around the main town and on the other hand a part around the town of San Lorenzo Malacota further south. Agricultural areas dominate in the municipality, a good quarter of the municipality is forested.
The Municipio Morelos borders the Municipios Villa del Carbón , Municipio Chapa de Mota , Atlacomulco , Timilpan , Jiquipilco and Jocotitlán .
places
There are 45 localities in the municipality, six of which have more than 1,500 inhabitants. The largest town is Santa Clara de Juárez with 3,878 inhabitants, followed by Barrio Cuarto , San Lorenzo Malacota, San Sebastián Buenos Aires and San Marcos Tlazalpan . The administrative seat of San Bartolo Morelos is only the sixth largest in the municipality with 1,737 inhabitants.
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Morelos (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Morelos (Spanish; PDF)