Municipio Tenejapa
Tenejapa | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chiapas |
Seat | Tenejapa |
surface | 193.1 km² |
Residents | 40,268 (2010) |
density | 208.5 inhabitants per km² |
founding | November 23, 1922 |
INEGI no. | 07093 |
politics | |
Presidente municipal | Alfonso Intzin Girón |
Carnival in Tenejapa |
Coordinates: 16 ° 49 ′ N , 92 ° 31 ′ W
Tenejapa is a municipality in the center of the Mexican state Chiapas . The municipality has a good 40,000 inhabitants and is 193.1 km² in size. The administrative seat is Tenejapa of the same name , while the largest place in the municipality is Kotolte .
The name comes from Nahuatl and means "calcareous river".
geography
The municipality of Tenejapa is centrally located in the Mexican state of Chiapas at heights between 800 m and 2700 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 determined by 60% limestone with 19% sandstone - lutite and 17% silty sandstone; The predominant soil types are Alisol (34%), Luvisol (30%), Leptosol (27%) and Phaeozem (10%). 49.5% of the municipal area is forested or used for arable farming.
The municipality of Tenejapa is bordered by the municipalities of Chenalhó , San Juan Cancuc , Oxchuc , Huixtán , San Cristóbal de las Casas , Chamula and Mitontic .
population
The 2010 census counted 40,268 people in 7,132 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 36,353 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 33,759 speakers from the Tzeltal . A good 25 percent of the population was illiterate. 11,616 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which just under 82% were men and 0.65% were unemployed. 65% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio Tenejapa comprises 66 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, 13 towns had a population of over 1000, ten towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
place | Residents |
Feces | 2503 |
Tzajalchén | 2276 |
Tz'aquiviljok | 2176 |
Tenejapa | 1998 |
Yashanal | 1893 |
Matzam | 1599 |
Chixtontic | 1512 |
Chacoma | 1462 |
Sibaniljá Pocolum | 1419 |
Tres Cerros | 1228 |
Ococh | 1187 |
Majosik | 1116 |
Jomanichim | 1112 |
Shishintonil | 999 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Tenejapa (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Tenejapa (Spanish; PDF)