Municipio Tomatlán (Jalisco)
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Country | Mexico | |
State | Jalisco | |
Seat | Tomatlán | |
surface | 3,023.6 km² | |
Residents | 35,050 (2010) | |
density | 11.6 inhabitants per km² | |
Website | tomatlanjal.gob.mx | |
INEGI no. | 14100 | |
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Presidente municipal | Saúl Galindo Plazola | |
Coordinates: 20 ° 0 ′ N , 105 ° 12 ′ W
Tomatlán is a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco in the Costa Norte region . The municipality had 35,050 inhabitants at the 2010 census; the area of the municipality is 3023.6 km².
The largest place in the municipality and administrative seat is the Tomatlán of the same name , other places with at least 1500 inhabitants are José María Morelos , Campo Acosta , José María Pino Suárez and La Cruz de Loreto . The municipality comprises a total of 186 localities.
The municipality of Tomatlán borders the municipalities Cabo Corrientes , Talpa de Allende , Cuautla , Ayutla , Villa Purificación and La Huerta as well as the Pacific .
The municipality is largely flat with a 45 km long coastline. In the northeast it is part of the Sierra Volcánica Transversal , where heights between 600 m and 2100 m are reached. Almost 70% of the community area is forested, 13% is pasture for livestock, and another 7% is used for arable farming.
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Tomatlán (Jalisco) (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Tomatlán (Jalisco) (Spanish; PDF)
- jalisco.gob.mx: Tomatlán (Spanish)