Municipio Natívitas

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Natívitas
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Tlaxcala
Seat Natívitas
surface 52.7 km²
Residents 25,053 (2015)
density 475.8 inhabitants per km²
Website nativitas.gob.mx
INEGI no. 29023
politics
Presidente municipal Cuauhtémoc Barranco Palacio
Palacio municipal of Natívitas
Palacio municipal of Natívitas

Coordinates: 19 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  N , 98 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  W.

Natívitas is a municipality in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala . The municipal area extends over an area of ​​52.7 km², the 2010 census counted 23,621 inhabitants in the municipality. The administrative center is the Natívitas of the same name , while the most populous place is Santiago Michac .

geography

The Municipio Natívitas is located in the southwest of the state at an altitude of 2200  m to 2300  m . It is entirely part of the Physiographic Province of the Sierra Volcánica Transversal . The municipality drains completely over the Río Balsas into the Pacific . Geologically, the municipal area consists of 63% alluvial soil and 23% tuff . Soil type of 58% of the municipality is Phaeozem with 19% Cambisol . About 88% of the municipality is used for agriculture.

The Municipio Natívitas borders the Municipios Tepetitla de Lardizábal , Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros , Santa Ana Nopalucan , Tepeyanco , Santa Apolonia Teacalco , Tetlatlahuca , Santa Apolonia Teacalco and Zacatelco, and to the south and west of the Mexican state of Puebla .

population

The 2010 census counted 23,621 people in 5,264 residential units in the municipality. Less than one percent of them are speakers of an indigenous language , including 28 Nahuatl speakers and 14 Mazateco speakers . About 4.6% of the population were illiterate. 8,681 residents of Natívitas were registered as economically active, of which about 72% were men and 2.4% were unemployed. 13.2% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The Municipio Natívitas comprises 34 localidades , of which the INEGI classifies the capital as Santiago Michac, Santo Tomás la Concordia, San Rafael Tenanyecac and San Vicente Xiloxochitla . Ten towns had a population of over 1000 in the 2010 census:

place Residents
Santiago Michac 3,533
Santo Tomás la Concordia 2,798
San Rafael Tenanyecac 2,699
San Vicente Xiloxochitla 2,418
San Miguel Xochitecatitla 2.124
San Jose Atoyatenco 1,672
San Miguel Analco 1,482
Natívitas 1,421
San Miguel del Milagro 1,117
Jesús Tepactepec 1,035

Web links

Commons : Municipio Natívitas  - collection of images