Municipio Solosuchiapa
Solosuchiapa | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chiapas |
Seat | Solosuchiapa |
surface | 156.8 km² |
Residents | 8065 (2010) |
density | 51.4 inhabitants per km² |
founding | 1915 |
INEGI no. | 07084 |
Coordinates: 17 ° 24 ' N , 93 ° 1' W
Solosuchiapa is a municipality in the north of the Mexican state Chiapas . The municipality has about 8,000 inhabitants and an area of 156.8 km². The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the Solosuchiapa of the same name .
geography
The municipality of Solosuchiapa is located in the north of the Mexican state Chiapas at an altitude of less than 1700 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 54% sandstone - lutite with 39% limestone ; the predominant soil type is Luvisol (98%). 69% of the community area is taken up by pastureland, 27% is forested.
The municipality of Solosuchiapa borders on the municipalities of Ixtapangajoya , Amatán , Ixhuatán , Chapultenango and Ixtacomitán .
population
The 2010 census counted 8,065 people in 1,722 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 1122 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 846 speakers of the Tzotzil and 232 speakers of the Zoque . A good 16.5 percent of the population was illiterate. 2334 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which almost 90% were men and 1.9% were unemployed. 34% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio Solosuchiapa comprises 57 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 500, 44 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
place | Residents |
Solosuchiapa | 2035 |
Cerro las Campanas | 763 |
Álvaro Obregón | 638 |
Monte Horeb | 580 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Solosuchiapa (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Solosuchiapa (Spanish; PDF)