Municipio Tlaxco (Puebla)
Tlaxco | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Puebla |
Seat | Tlaxco |
surface | 54.9 km² |
Residents | 5415 (2010) |
density | 98.6 inhabitants per km² |
founding | 1922 |
Website | tlaxco.puebla.gob.mx |
INEGI no. | 21187 |
politics | |
Presidente municipal | Lauro Cesar Franco López |
Coordinates: 20 ° 25 '12 " N , 98 ° 1' 48" W.
Tlaxco is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla . The municipality covers an area of 54.9 km². In 2010, Tlaxco had a population of 5,415. The administrative seat and most populous place of the municipality is Tlaxco of the same name .
geography
The municipality of Tlaxco is located in the north of the state of Puebla in Región I at an altitude between 400 m and 1900 m . It is entirely part of the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre Oriental . The municipality is located in the catchment area of the Río Tuxpan and thus drains into the Gulf of Mexico . The geology of the municipality is made up of different sedimentary rocks ( limestone and sandstone ). The soil type of 87% of the municipality is the Luvisol with 13% Umbrisol . Around half of the community area is used for arable farming, around a third is forested, 16% is used as pasture land.
The municipality of Tlaxco borders on the municipality of Tlacuilotepec and the state of Hidalgo .
population
The 2010 census counted 5,415 people in 1347 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 750 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 651 speakers of the Otomí . 18.8% of the population were illiterate. 1800 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which around 84% were men or just under 4% were unemployed. Over 44% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio Tlaxco comprises 24 localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Four places had a population of over 500 in the 2010 census, another seven places had at least 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
place | Residents |
Tlaxco | 1272 |
El Álamo | 761 |
Acalman | 755 |
Cuaxtla | 589 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Tlaxco (Puebla) (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Tlaxco (Puebla) (Spanish; PDF)
- coteigep.puebla.gob.mx: Ficha Municipal