Municipio Tenabo

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Tenabo
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Campeche
Seat Tenabo
surface 1,061.6 km²
Residents 9736 (2010)
density 9.17 inhabitants per km²
founding January 1, 1916
Website www.tenabo.gob.mx
INEGI no. 04008
politics
Presidente municipal María del Carmen Uc Canul
Ruins of the pre-Hispanic Kankí in the municipality
Ruins of the pre-Hispanic Kankí in the municipality

Coordinates: 20 ° 0 ′  N , 90 ° 15 ′  W

Tenabo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Campeche . The municipality has 9736 inhabitants (2010 census) and is 1062 km² in size. The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the Tenabo of the same name .

geography

The municipality of Tenabo is located in the north of the Mexican state of Campeche at heights of up to about 100  m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Yucatán peninsula (about two thirds to the sub-region of the Yucatec Karst and one third to the karst and hill country of Campeche) or about 82% to the hydrographic region of Yucatán Norte and about 18% to the region Yucatán Oeste . The geology of the municipality is determined by 69% limestone and 20% by lacustric deposits; The predominant soil types are Leptosol (42%), Nitisol (15%) and Solonchak (13%). About two thirds of the community area is forested, a good ten percent is used for farming.

The municipality of Tenabo borders on the municipalities of Hopelchén , Hecelchakán and Campeche .

population

In the 2010 census, 9736 people were counted in 2376 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 1,755 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 1,685 speakers of the Mayathan . A good 13 percent of the population was illiterate. 3752 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 76% were men or 1.2% were unemployed. Over 19% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The Municipio Tenabo comprises 21 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Two towns had a population of over 500 in the 2010 census, 16 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place Residents
Tenabo 7,543
Tinun 0.998
Emiliano Zapata 0.419
Kankí 0.202

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