Municipio Villa Hidalgo (Jalisco)

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Villa Hidalgo
location
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Basic data
Country Mexico
State Jalisco
Seat Villa Hidalgo
surface 454.1 km²
Residents 18,711 (2010)
density 41.2 inhabitants per km²
founding before 1869error
Website villahidalgo.gob.mx/
INEGI no. 14116
politics
Presidente municipal Pablo Rodríguez Avelar

Coordinates: 21 ° 40 ′  N , 102 ° 36 ′  W

Villa Hidalgo , until 1869 Paso de Sotos , is a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco in the Altos Norte region . The municipality had 18,711 inhabitants at the 2010 census; the area of ​​the municipality is 454.1 km².

Largest place in the municipality and administrative seat is the eponymous Villa Hidalgo , another place with at least 1000 inhabitants exists with Tepusco . The municipality comprises a total of 41 localities.

The Municipio Villa Hidalgo borders the Municipio Teocaltiche and the states of Aguascalientes and Zacatecas .

The municipality is mostly on a plain at between 1800  m and 2000  m above sea level, the highest point of the municipality is at an altitude of 2600  m . Around a third of the community area is forested, around a quarter each is used agricultural area or pasture area.

Web links

Commons : Villa Hidalgo  - Collection of Images