Municipio Ocotepec (Chiapas)
Ocotepec | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chiapas |
Seat | Ocotepec |
surface | 61.3 km² |
Residents | 11,878 (2010) |
density | 193.6 inhabitants per km² |
INEGI no. | 07060 |
politics | |
Presidente municipal | Elías Cruz Sánchez |
Coordinates: 17 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ N , 93 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ W.
Ocotepec is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas . The municipality has about 11,800 inhabitants, the area of the municipality is 61.3 km². The administrative seat and largest town is Ocotepec of the same name .
geography
The municipality of Ocotepec is located in the northwest of the Mexican state Chiapas at heights between 400 m and 2100 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and entirely in the hydrological region of Grijalva - Usumacinta . The geology of the municipality is 82% limestone with 18% andesite - breccia ; the predominant soil types are Luvisol (51.5%) and Phaeozem (48%). About 98% of the community area is forested.
The municipality of Ocotepec borders on the municipalities of Chapultenango , Tapalapa , Coapilla , Copainalá and Francisco León .
population
In the 2010 census, 11,878 people were counted in 2,287 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 10,582 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 9,818 speakers of the Zoque . A good 38 percent of the population were illiterate. 2,685 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which almost 90% were men and 4.8% were unemployed. A good 63% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The municipality of Ocotepec comprises 38 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Five places had at least 1000 inhabitants, 16 places less than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
place | Residents |
Ocotepec | 4663 |
San Pablo Huacano | 1427 |
San Francisco Ocotal | 601 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Ocotepec (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Ocotepec (Spanish; PDF)