Municipio Ocoyoacac

Ocoyoacac
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coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	México
Seat	Ocoyoacac
surface	136.5 km²
Residents	61,805 (2010)
density	452.9 inhabitants per km²
founding	1826
Website	ocoyoacac.edomex.gob.mx/
INEGI no.	15062
politics
Presidente municipal	Alfonso González García
Entrance to the Templo de San Jerónimo Acazulco in Ocoyoacac

Coordinates: 19 ° 16 ′  N , 99 ° 28 ′  W

Ocoyoacac 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 . The administrative seat of the municipality and its largest town is Ocoyoacac of the same name .

In 2010 the municipality had 61,805 inhabitants and its area is 136.5 km² . Parts of the National Park Insurgente Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (also called La Marquesa ) are located in the Ocoyoacac area .

geography

The municipality of Ocoyoacac is located in the western part of the state of México at an altitude of up to 2850  m . About 46% of the municipality's area is used for agriculture, especially for growing maize ; a good 40% are forested.

The municipality borders on the municipalities Lerma , Huixquilucan , Xalatlaco , Tianguistenco and Capulhuac as well as the federal district of Mexico City .

places

The municipality of Ocoyoacac comprises 35 places, five of which have at least 2,500 inhabitants, a further eleven places have at least 500 inhabitants. The largest places in the municipality are Ocoyoacac , San Pedro Cholula , San Jerónimo Acazulco , El Pedregal de Guadalupe Hidalgo and San Pedro Atlapulco .

Web links

Commons : Ocoyoacac  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Ocoyoacac (Spanish)
• INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Ocoyoacac (Spanish; PDF)