Municipio of San Gabriel

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San Gabriel
location
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Basic data
Country Mexico
State Jalisco
Seat San Gabriel
surface 748.3 km²
Residents 15,310 (2010)
density 20.5 inhabitants per km²
founding 1845
INEGI no. 14113
politics
Presidente municipal Juan José Gutiérrez Contreras

Coordinates: 19 ° 45 ′  N , 103 ° 45 ′  W

San Gabriel is a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco in the Región Sur . The municipality had 15,310 inhabitants at the 2010 census; the area of ​​the municipality is 748.3 km². Between 1934 and 1993 the name of the municipality was Venustiano Carranza .

The largest place in the municipality and administrative seat is the eponymous San Gabriel (1934-1993 also called Venustiano Carranza ). Other places with at least 1000 inhabitants are Jiquilpan , Alista , El Jazmín and Las Primaveras . The municipality comprises a total of 63 localities.

The municipality of San Gabriel borders on the municipalities of Tonaya , Tapalpa , Sayula , Zapotlán el Grande , Tuxpan , Zapotitlán de Vadillo , Tolimán and Tuxcacuesco .

Due to its location on the edge of the Sierra Volcánica Transversal, the municipality has a rather inconsistent orography . The highest point of the municipality is at 3700  m . A good half of the community area is forested, around 30% is used for agriculture.

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Commons : San Gabriel  - Collection of Images