Municipio of San Andrés Duraznal

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San Andrés Duraznal
location
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Chiapas
Seat San Andrés Duraznal
surface 38.5 km²
Residents 4545 (2010)
density 118.2 inhabitants per km²
founding 1999
INEGI no. 07118

Coordinates: 17 ° 8 ′ 24 ″  N , 92 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  W.

San Andrés Duraznal is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas . The municipality has about 4500 inhabitants and an area of ​​38.5 km². The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the San Andrés Duraznal of the same name .

The Municipio San Andrés Duraznal was established in 1999 as part of an agreement between the EZLN and the Mexican central government.

geography

The municipality of San Andrés Duraznal is located in the north-central part of the Mexican state Chiapas at altitudes between 300  m and 2300  m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and lies entirely in the hydrological region of Grijalva - Usumacinta . The geology of the municipality is 93.4% limestone with 6.6% sandstone - lutite ; the predominant soil types are Planosol (86%) and Luvisol (14%). About 73% of the community area is forested, 23% is used as pastureland.

The municipality of San Andrés Duraznal borders the municipalities of Simojovel , Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán and Jitotol .

population

In the 2010 census, 4545 people were counted in 905 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 3,912 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 3,581 speakers of the Tzotzil . A good 33 percent of the population was illiterate. 1160 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which a good 93% were men and 2% were unemployed. Over 56% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The municipality of San Andrés Duraznal comprises 13 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Two places had at least 500 inhabitants, nine places less than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place Residents
San Andrés Duraznal 2987
Rivera Galeana 0786
Jotolchén 0339

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