Municipio Tapalapa
Tapalapa | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chiapas |
Seat | Tapalapa |
surface | 66.3 km² |
Residents | 4121 (2010) |
density | 62.1 inhabitants per km² |
Website | tapalapa.gob.mx |
INEGI no. | 07090 |
politics | |
Presidente municipal | Graciela Vázquez Vázquez |
Coordinates: 17 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ N , 93 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W.
Tapalapa is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas . Its administrative seat and at the same time the largest town is the Tapalapa of the same name . The municipality has about 4,100 inhabitants and is 66.3 km² in size.
geography
The municipality Tapalapa is located in the northwest of the Mexican state Chiapas between 800 m and 2500 m altitude. It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and belongs entirely to the hydrological region of Grijalva - Usumacinta . The geology of the Municipalities is 69% of andesite - breccia determined at 31% limestone ; the predominant soil types are the Phaeozem (72%) and Luvisol (28%). More than 98% of the community area is forested.
Tapalapa borders on the Municipios Chapultenango , Pantepec , Coapilla and Ocotepec .
population
In the 2010 census, 4121 people were counted in 996 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 3,661 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 3,470 speakers of the Zoque . A good 16 percent of the population was illiterate. 1195 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which a good 80% were men and 5% were unemployed. Almost 45% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio Tapalapa comprises 17 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Seven places had a population of over 200 in the 2010 census, eight places had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The largest towns are Tapalapa (1940 inhabitants) and Mazono (410 inhabitants).
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Tapalapa (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Tapalapa (Spanish; PDF)