Municipio Oxchuc

Oxchuc
Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	Chiapas
Seat	Oxchuc
surface	417.9 km²
Residents	43,350 (2010)
density	103.7 inhabitants per km²
founding	1936
INEGI no.	07064
	Market in Oxchuc

16.849999 -92.416667Coordinates: 16 ° 51 ′ N , 92 ° 25 ′ W

Oxchuc is a municipality in the center of the Mexican state Chiapas . The municipality has about 43,000 inhabitants and an area of 417.9 km². The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the eponymous Oxchuc .

The name comes from the Tzeltal and means 'three knots'.

geography

The municipality of Oxchuc is centrally located in the Mexican state of Chiapas at altitudes between 1000 m and 2500 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and lies entirely in the hydrological region of Grijalva - Usumacinta . 97% of the geology of the municipality is determined by limestone ; the predominant soil types are Leptosol (57%), Alisol (29%) and Luvisol (14%). About 69% of the community area is forested, 28% is used for arable farming.

The municipality of Oxchuc borders the municipalities of Ocosingo , Altamirano , Chanal , Huixtán , Tenejapa and San Juan Cancuc .

population

The 2010 census counted 43,350 people in 8,240 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 38,804 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 36,175 speakers from the Tzeltal . Over 21 percent of the population was illiterate. 11,605 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which almost 90% were men and 0.8% were unemployed. 62% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The municipality of Oxchuc comprises 147 inhabited localidades , of which the main town and Yoshib are classified as urban by the INEGI . Five towns had at least 1000 inhabitants, 56 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place	Residents
Oxchuc	6675
Yoshib	3372
Mesbilja	1793
El Tzay	1594
Tzopilja	1245
El Corralito	0910
Pashtonticja	0875
Lelenchij	0807
Pacvilna	0805

Web links

Commons : Municipio Oxchuc - Collection of images

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