Municipio San Juan Cancuc
San Juan Cancuc | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chiapas |
Seat | San Juan Cancuc |
surface | 173.6 km² |
Residents | 29,016 (2010) |
density | 167.1 inhabitants per km² |
founding | 1989 |
INEGI no. | 07112 |
politics | |
Presidente municipal | José López López |
Coordinates: 16 ° 54 ' N , 92 ° 22' W
San Juan Cancuc is a municipality in the center of the Mexican state Chiapas . The municipality has about 29,000 inhabitants and an area of 173.62 km². The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the eponymous San Juan Cancuc .
The name Cancuc comes from Nahuatl and means Quetzal's star ; San Juan is the Spanish equivalent of St. John .
geography
The municipality of San Juan Cancuc is centrally located in the Mexican state of Chiapas at heights between 400 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 determined by 45% limestone with 39% sandstone - lutite and 15% silty sandstone; The predominant soil types are the Phaeozem (29%), Luvisol (25%), Leptosol (24%) and Alisol (22%). About 55% of the community area is used for arable farming, 37% is forested, 5% is used for pasture land.
The municipality of San Juan Cancuc borders the municipalities of Sitalá , Chilón , Ocosingo , Oxchuc , Tenejapa , Chenalhó and Pantelhó .
population
In the 2010 census, 29,016 people in 5,037 residential units were counted in the municipality. Of these, 25,926 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 23,978 speakers from the Tzeltal . A good 37 percent of the population were illiterate. 6,955 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which over 87% were men or 0.85% were unemployed. Over 80% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The municipality of San Juan Cancuc comprises 37 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, five towns had a population of over 1000, only one town had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
place | Residents |
San Juan Cancuc | 6327 |
Chiloljá | 2415 |
El Pozo | 1758 |
Noteel San Antonio | 1726 |
Chancoloma | 1132 |
Nailchén | 953 |
Baquelchán | 937 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio San Juan Cancuc (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio San Juan Cancuc (Spanish; PDF)