Municipio San Ildefonso Villa Alta
| San Ildefonso Villa Alta | |
|---|---|
| Basic data | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Seat | San Ildefonso Villa Alta |
| surface | 94.3 km² |
| Residents | 3478 (2010) |
| density | 36.9 inhabitants per km² |
| INEGI no. | 20156 |
| politics | |
| Presidente municipal | Efraín Manlio Sandoval Pérez |
Coordinates: 17 ° 20 ′ N , 96 ° 9 ′ W
San Ildefonso Villa Alta is a municipality in the northeastern part of the Mexican state of Oaxaca . The municipality extends over an area of 94.3 km². The administrative seat and largest place in the municipality is the San Ildefonso Villa Alta of the same name .
San Ildefonso Villa Alta was opened on January 23rd, the feast day of St. Ildefons of Toledo , founded in 1526. After this person and after its location ( villa alta : "high place") the new village and from him the municipality got its name.
geography
The municipality of San Ildefonso Villa Alta is located at an altitude of between 500 m and 2600 m in the Villa Alta district of the Sierra Norte region . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre del Sur and lies entirely in the catchment area of the Río Papaloapan . The geology of the municipality is dominated by mica schists , the predominant soil type is the Luvisol . 85% of the municipality is forested, around 13% are used for agriculture.
The municipality of San Ildefonso Villa Alta borders the municipalities of Santiago Choápam , San Juan Petlapa , Santiago Camotlán , San Cristóbal Lachirioag , San Juan Yatzona , Santa María Temaxcalapa , San Andrés Yaá , Santo Domingo Roayaga , San Andrés Solaga and San Juan Tabaá .
population
In the 2010 census, 3,478 people were counted in the municipality. Of these, 64.58% spoke an indigenous language and 15.7% were illiterate. 36.11% of the residents of San Ildefonso Villa Alta were registered as economically active, of which 0.54% were unemployed. The predominant economic sector was the primary sector (60.39%), another 13.72 percent of the working population worked in the secondary sector and 25.73 percent in the tertiary sector. 37.42% of the population lived in extreme poverty. Most of the population is Roman Catholic .
places
The Municipio San Ildefonso Villa Alta comprises 9 localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI .
| place | Residents |
| San Ildefonso Villa Alta | 1,309 |
| San Juan Yalahui | 560 |
| San Francisco Yatee | 403 |
| San Juan Tagui | 399 |
| Santa Catarina Yetzelalag | 391 |
| San Juan Yetzecovi | 258 |
| Analco | 98 |
| Colonia Guadalupe | 18th |
| Colonia Obrera | 15th |
politics
The community policy is determined according to indigenous customary law.
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio San Ildefonso Villa Alta (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio San Ildefonso Villa Alta (Spanish; PDF)
- bieoaxaca.org: community data
Individual evidence
- ↑ bieoaxaca.org: Catálogo municipal de usos y costumbres: San Ildefonso Villa Alta ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
