Municipio Palizada

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Palizada
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Campeche
Seat Palizada
surface 2150 km²
Residents 8352 (2010)
density 3.88 inhabitants per km²
founding January 1, 1916
Website www.palizada.gob.mx
INEGI no. 04007
politics
Presidente municipal Maritza Díaz Domínguez
Center of the main town Palizada
Center of the main town Palizada

Coordinates: 18 ° 15 ′  N , 92 ° 5 ′  W

Palizada is a municipality in the Mexican state of Campeche . The municipality has 8352 inhabitants (2010 census) and is 2150 km² in size. The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the Palizada of the same name .

geography

The municipality of Palizada is located in the southwest of the Mexican state of Campeche at an altitude of less than 100  m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the southern coastal plain of the Gulf and to the sub-province of the plains and swamps of Tabasco and the hydrographic region of Grijalva - Usumacinta . The geology of the municipality is determined by 46% by alluvion , 35% by Palustrian and 16% by lacustrian deposits; the predominant soil types are Gleysol (46%), Vertisol (39%) and Solonchak (11%). About half of the community area is taken up by mangroves and swamps, about 16% is forested.

The Municipio Palizada borders the Municipio Carmen and the State of Tabasco .

population

In the 2010 census, 8352 people were counted in 2181 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 56 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 20 speakers of Mayathan and 16 speakers of Chol . A good eleven percent of the population were illiterate. 3,054 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 80% were men or 4.4% were unemployed. Over 17% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The Municipio Palizada comprises 152 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, two towns had a population of over 500, 134 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place Residents
Palizada 3,089
Santa Isabel 0.630
El Juncal 0.394

Web links

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