Municipio Tixpéhual

Tixpéhual
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Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatan
Seat	Tixpéhual
surface	71.1 km²
Residents	5388 (2010)
density	75.8 inhabitants per km²
INEGI no.	31095
politics
Presidente municipal	Gerardo Alberto Concha Navarrete

20.983333333333 -89.433333333333Coordinates: 20 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ N , 89 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ W.

Tixpéhual is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán . The municipality extends over an area of 71.1 km², the 2010 census counted 5388 inhabitants in the municipality. The administrative headquarters are in Tixpéhual of the same name .

geography

The municipality of Tixpéhual is located in the center of the state at a height of up to 100 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Yucatán peninsula , to its sub-province of the Yucatec Karst and to the hydrographic region of Yucatán Norte . With almost 97% of the community area, limestone dominates as a rock type and Leptosol as a soil type. About 85% of the community area is forested, about 12% is used for arable farming.

The municipality of Tixpéhual borders on the municipalities of Mérida , Tixkokob , Seyé , Acanceh and Kanasín .

population

In the 2010 census, 5388 people were counted in 1361 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 1,428 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 1,410 speakers of the Mayathan . Over eight percent of the population was illiterate. 2210 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which 70.5% were men and 4.25% were unemployed. About 6.5% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

According to the 2010 census, the municipality of Tixpéhual comprises 14 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Three towns had more than 500 inhabitants, eight towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place	Residents
Tixpéhual	3470
Chochoh	0597
Sahé	0507
Techoh	0400
Kilinché	0268

Web links

Commons : Municipio Tixpéhual - collection of images, videos and audio files

Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Tixpéhual (Spanish)
INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Tixpéhual (Spanish; PDF)