Municipio Santiago Choápam
| Santiago Choápam | |
|---|---|
| Basic data | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Oaxaca |
| Seat | Santiago Choápam |
| surface | 312.1 km² |
| Residents | 5413 (2010) |
| density | 17.3 inhabitants per km² |
| INEGI no. | 20460 |
| politics | |
| Presidente municipal | Juan Filiberto Yescas Leonardo |
Coordinates: 17 ° 22 ′ N , 95 ° 55 ′ W
Santiago Choápam is a municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca . The municipality extends over an area of 312.1 km², the 2010 census counted 5413 inhabitants in the municipality. The administrative seat is the Santiago Choápam of the same name .
geography
The municipality of Santiago Choápam is located at an altitude between 100 m and 2500 m in the Choapam district of the Papaloapan region . 99.85% of the municipal area belong to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre del Sur , 0.15% are counted to the southern coastal plains of the Gulf. Santiago Choápam lies entirely in the catchment area of the Río Papaloapan . The geology of the municipality is characterized by mica schist , the predominant soil type is the Luvisol . About 97% of the municipality are occupied by forests (cloud forests, coniferous forests and rainforests).
The municipality of Santiago Choápam borders the municipalities of Santiago Yaveo , San Juan Lalana , San Juan Petlapa , Santiago Jocotepec , San Ildefonso Villa Alta , San Juan Comaltepec , Santiago Zacatepec and Santo Domingo Roayaga . An exclave of the municipality around the town of San Juan del Río is completely enclosed by the municipality of San Juan Lalana.
population
In the 2010 census, 5,413 people were counted in the municipality. Of these, 45.1% spoke an indigenous language and 20.57% were illiterate. 29.15% of the residents of Santiago Choápam were registered as economically active, of which 0.95% were unemployed. The predominant economic sector was the primary sector (77.56%), another 7.31 percent of the working population worked in the secondary sector and 14.61 percent in the tertiary sector. 64.28% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The municipality of Santiago Choápam comprises 13 localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI , even if it is only the second largest in the municipality.
| place | Residents |
| San Juan del Río | 1,177 |
| Santiago Choápam | 1,099 |
| San Juan Teotalcingo | 895 |
| Santa María Yahuivé | 879 |
| Santo Domingo Latani | 510 |
| San Jacinto Yaveloxi | 418 |
| La Ermita / Maninaltepec | 212 |
| La Carmelita | 73 |
| Arroyo Blanco | 71 |
| Arroyo Seco | 38 |
| Arroyo Frijol | 30th |
| Arroyo Chancarro | 6th |
| Piedra del Sol | 5 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Santiago Choápam (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Santiago Choápam (Spanish; PDF)
- bieoaxaca.org: community data
