Municipio of San Juan del Río (Querétaro)

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San Juan del Río
location
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coat of arms
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Basic data
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
politics
Presidente municipal Guillermo Vega Guerrero
Center of the city of San Juan del Río
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 005,992
La Valla 005,597
La Llave 005,497
Paso de Mata 004,632
Arcila 003,881
Santa Rosa Xajay 003,578
Visthá 003,421
El Cazadero 003,401
Galindo ( San José Galindo ) 003,079
El Organal 002,474
Puerta de Palmillas 002.176
Loma Linda 002.161
Senegal de las Palomas 002.131
Santa Bárbara de la Cueva 002,074
Cerro Gordo 001,987
Villas Fundadores (Fraccionamiento) 001.956
San Sebastian de las Barrancas Norte 001,896
San Miguel Galindo 001,754
El Jazmín 001,682
Dolores Cuadrilla de Enmedio 001,642
Santa Matilde 001,537
Vista Hermosa ( Cuasinada ) 001,448
El Coto 001,379
Palmillas 001,378
Casa Blanca 001,325
Laguna de Vaquerías 001,295
Santa Cruz Escandón 001,272
Ojo de Agua 001,185
San Sebastian de las Barrancas Sur 001,173

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