Municipio of San Juan del Río (Querétaro)
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Country | Mexico | |
State | Querétaro | |
Seat | San Juan del Río | |
surface | 773.1 km² | |
Residents | 241,699 (2010) | |
density | 312.6 inhabitants per km² | |
INEGI no. | 22016 | |
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Presidente municipal | Guillermo Vega Guerrero | |
Center of the city of San Juan del Río |
Coordinates: 20 ° 24 ′ N , 100 ° 0 ′ W
San Juan del Río is a municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro . The municipality covers an area of 773.1 km². In 2010, San Juan del Río had a population of 241,699 people. The administrative seat and most populous place of the municipality is the eponymous San Juan del Río .
geography
The municipality of San Juan del Río is located in the south of the state of Querétaro at an altitude between 1800 m and 2800 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Volcánica Transversal and is located in the catchment area of the Río Pánuco , whereby it drains into the Gulf of Mexico . The predominant rock types are various extrusive rocks (28% tuff , 22% basalt , 19% volcanoclasts ) with 13% alluvions . Soil type of 46% of the municipality is the Phaeozem , followed by 39% Vertisol . Almost 60% of the community area is used for arable farming, around 13% is forested, around 11% is pasture and 10% is covered with scrub.
The municipality of San Juan del Río borders the municipalities Pedro Escobedo , Tequisquiapan , Amealco de Bonfil and Huimilpan as well as the states of Hidalgo and México .
population
In the 2010 census, 241,699 people in 61,488 residential units were counted in the municipality. Of these, 1,271 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 391 speakers of the Otomí and 225 speakers of the Nahuatl . About 5.4% of the population were illiterate. 101,289 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which around 65% were men and a good 5% were unemployed. Almost five percent of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The municipality of San Juan del Río comprises 237 localidades , ten of which are classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, 16 places had a population of over 2000, 32 other places had at least 500 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
place | Residents |
San Juan del Río | 138,878 |
La Estancia | 5,992 |
La Valla | 5,597 |
La Llave | 5,497 |
Paso de Mata | 4,632 |
Arcila | 3,881 |
Santa Rosa Xajay | 3,578 |
Visthá | 3,421 |
El Cazadero | 3,401 |
Galindo ( San José Galindo ) | 3,079 |
El Organal | 2,474 |
Puerta de Palmillas | 2.176 |
Loma Linda | 2.161 |
Senegal de las Palomas | 2.131 |
Santa Bárbara de la Cueva | 2,074 |
Cerro Gordo | 1,987 |
Villas Fundadores (Fraccionamiento) | 1.956 |
San Sebastian de las Barrancas Norte | 1,896 |
San Miguel Galindo | 1,754 |
El Jazmín | 1,682 |
Dolores Cuadrilla de Enmedio | 1,642 |
Santa Matilde | 1,537 |
Vista Hermosa ( Cuasinada ) | 1,448 |
El Coto | 1,379 |
Palmillas | 1,378 |
Casa Blanca | 1,325 |
Laguna de Vaquerías | 1,295 |
Santa Cruz Escandón | 1,272 |
Ojo de Agua | 1,185 |
San Sebastian de las Barrancas Sur | 1,173 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: San Juan del Río (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: San Juan del Río (Spanish; PDF)