Municipio of San José de Gracia

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San Jose de Gracia
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Aguascalientes
Seat San Jose de Gracia
surface 868.9 km²
Residents 8443 (2010)
density 9.72 inhabitants per km²
founding 1953
INEGI no. 01008
politics
Presidente municipal María Cristina López González
Santuario del Cristo Roto in the Presa Plutarco Elías Calles
Santuario del Cristo Roto in the Presa Plutarco Elías Calles

Coordinates: 22 ° 10 ′  N , 102 ° 30 ′  W

San José de Gracia is the name of one of the eleven municipalities in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes . The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the eponymous San José de Gracia . The municipality has 8443 inhabitants (2010) and covers an area of ​​868.9 km². It is the third largest in the state in terms of area and also has the smallest population.

geography

The municipality of San José de Gracia is located in the northwest of the state of Aguascalientes at an altitude between 1900  m and 3100  m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre Occidental . The municipality is located in the catchment area of ​​the Río Lerma and thus drains into the Pacific . The geology of the municipality is dominated by rhyolite tuffs (95.8%); Soil type of 37.4% of the municipality is the Leptosol with 15.8% Planosol , 14.5% Phaeozem , 13.1% Luvisol and 10.4% Cambisol . Almost half of the municipal area is forested, a good 30% is used as pasture land, and around 10% is used for agriculture.

The municipality of San José de Gracia borders on the municipalities of Rincón de Romos , Pabellón de Arteaga , Jesús María and Calvillo, and to the north and west on the state of Zacatecas .

population

The 2010 census counted 8443 people in 1884 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 38 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 13 speakers of Huichol . About 3.4% of the population were illiterate. 2,863 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 72% were men and almost 15% were unemployed. A good seven percent of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The municipality of San José de Gracia comprises 32 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, nine towns had a population of over 100:

place Residents
San Jose de Gracia 4927
San Antonio de los Ríos 1043
Paredes 1017
La Congoja 0435
Rancho Viejo 0231
Santa Elena de la Cruz ( Capadero ) 0130
El Tecongo 0116
Boca del Túnel de Potrerillo 0110
Potrero de los López 0105

Web links

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