Municipio of San Miguel de Allende

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San Miguel de Allende
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Guanajuato
Seat San Miguel de Allende
surface 1,558.1 km²
Residents 160,383 (2010)
density 102.9 inhabitants per km²
Website sanmiguelallende.gob.mx
INEGI no. 11003
politics
Presidente municipal Ricardo Villarreal García
View of the city of San Miguel de Allende and the surrounding area
View of the city of San Miguel de Allende and the surrounding area

Coordinates: 20 ° 51 ′  N , 100 ° 50 ′  W

San Miguel de Allende , until 2005 Allende , is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guanajuato . The municipality covers an area of ​​1558.1 km². In 2010, San Miguel de Allende had a population of 160,383 people. The administrative seat and most populous place of the municipality is the UNESCO World Heritage city of San Miguel de Allende .

geography

The municipality is located in a region known as Bajío at an altitude between 1700  m and 2900  m . Almost 84% of the municipality belong to the physiographic province of the Mesa del Centro , the rest to the Sierra Volcánica Transversal . The municipal area drains over the Río Lerma into the Pacific Ocean . In the municipality is the reservoir of Presa Ignacio Allende .

About 44% of the geology of San Miguel de Allende is occupied by volcanic rocks with about 37% sediments and sedimentary rocks and 15% alluvial soils ; The predominant soil types are the Phaeozem (40%) and the Vertisol (36%). More than 40% of the municipality's area is used for arable farming, a further 35% is used as pasture land, and almost 15% is taken up by forests.

The municipality of San Miguel de Allende borders the municipalities Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional , San Luis de la Paz , San José Iturbide , Apaseo el Grande , Comonfort , Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas and Salamanca as well as the state of Querétaro .

population

The 2010 census counted 160,383 people in 35,408 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 629 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 298 speakers of the Otomí and 106 speakers of the Nahuatl . Almost 12 percent of the population were illiterate. 57,733 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 67% were men and 7.4% were unemployed. 21% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The Municipio Acámbaro comprises 512 inhabited localidades , of which, in addition to the main town, Los Rodríguez and Colonia San Luis Rey are classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, 19 places had a population of over 1000, 116 other places had at least 200 inhabitants. The largest places are:

place Residents
San Miguel de Allende 69,811
Los Rodríguez 02,773
Colonia San Luis Rey 02: 707
Corral de Piedras de Arriba 02,037
Rancho Viejo 02,001
Santa Teresita de Don Diego 01,487
Los Galvanes 01,364
Puerto de Nieto 01,305
La Cieneguita 01,241
Alcocer 01,224
Clavellinas ( Clavellinas Coyotes ) 01,152
Nigromante 01,144
Guadalupe de Támbula 01,056
Sosnabar 01,035
Corralejo de Arriba 01,026
Cerritos 01,015
Don Francisco 01.010
La Cruz del Palmar 01.009

Web links

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