Municipio Valle de Juarez

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Valle de Juarez
location
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Jalisco
Seat Valle de Juarez
surface 195.8 km²
Residents 5798 (2010)
density 29.6 inhabitants per km²
founding 1895
INEGI no. 14112
politics
Presidente municipal José Manuel Chávez Rodríguez

Coordinates: 19 ° 56 ′  N , 102 ° 57 ′  W

Valle de Juárez is a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco in the Sureste region . The municipality had 5,798 inhabitants at the 2010 census; the area of ​​the municipality is 195.8 km². Until 1911 the name of the municipality was Valle de Mazamitla .

The largest place in the municipality and administrative seat is the Valle de Juárez of the same name . Another place with at least 500 inhabitants exists with Paso de Piedra . The municipality comprises a total of 39 localities.

The municipality of San Gabriel is bordered by the municipalities of Quitupan , Santa María del Oro , Tamazula de Gordiano and Mazamitla, as well as the state of Michoacán .

The municipality is at an average altitude of around 1800  m . More than 70% of the community area is forested, around 14% is used for agriculture.

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