Municipio of Tuxtla Gutiérrez

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Tuxtla Gutiérrez
location
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Chiapas
Seat Tuxtla Gutiérrez
surface 336.1 km²
Residents 553,374 (2010)
density 1,646.6 inhabitants per km²
founding 1915
Website tuxtla.gob.mx
INEGI no. 07101
politics
Presidente municipal Luis Fernando Castellanos Cal y Mayor
View of the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez
View of the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Coordinates: 16 ° 45 ′  N , 93 ° 6 ′  W

Tuxtla Gutiérrez is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas . The municipality has about 550,000 inhabitants and an area of ​​336 km². The administrative seat and largest place in the municipality is Tuxtla Gutiérrez of the same name , which is also the capital of the state.

The municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez forms the core of the Zona Metropolitana de Tuxtla Gutiérrez .

geography

The municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez is centrally located in the Mexican state of Chiapas at heights between 200  m and 1500  m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and is entirely in the hydrological region of Grijalva - Usumacinta . The geology of the municipality is determined by 38% limestone - lutite with 25% limestone, 20% alluvion and 12% silty sandstone ; The predominant soil types are Leptosol (38%), Regosol (18%), Vertisol (17%) and Luvisol (11%). About 41% of the community area is urbanized, 30% is forested, 23% is used for arable farming.

The municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez borders the municipalities of San Fernando , Osumacinta , Chiapa de Corzo , Suchiapa , Ocozocoautla de Espinosa and Berriozábal .

population

The 2010 census counted 553,374 people in 141,903 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 11,252 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 4,249 speakers from Tzotzil and 3,927 speakers from Tzeltal . A good five percent of the population was illiterate. 244,282 residents were registered as economically active, of which approx. 61% were men and 3% were unemployed. Eight percent of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez comprises 115 inhabited localidades , of which the main town as well as Copoya and El Jobo are classified as urban by the INEGI . Four towns had a population of over 500 in the 2010 census, 105 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place Residents
Tuxtla Gutiérrez 537.102
Copoya 008,160
El Jobo 004,632
Emiliano Zapata ( Agua Fría ) 000.861

Web links

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