Municipio Xochihuehuetlán
Xochihuehuetlán | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Guerrero |
Seat | Xochihuehuetlán |
surface | 262.5 km² |
Residents | 7079 (2010) |
density | 27 inhabitants per km² |
founding | 1850 |
INEGI no. | 12070 |
politics | |
Presidente municipal | Carlos Rivera Medel |
Coordinates: 17 ° 54 ′ N , 98 ° 29 ′ W
The municipality Xochihuehuetlán is a municipality in the east of the Mexican state Guerrero in the La Montaña region . The administrative seat of the municipality is located in the town of the same name, Xochihuehuetlán , which is also the largest in the municipality. The municipality had 7079 inhabitants at the 2010 census, its area amounts to 262.5 km².
geography
The municipality of Xochihuehuetlán is located in the northeast of the Mexican state of Guerrero at heights between 700 m and 2000 m . About 82% of it belongs to the physiographic province of the Sierra Madre del Sur and 18% in the area of the Sierra Volcánica Transversal and completely in the catchment area of the Río Balsas , 98% of which in the catchment area of its tributary Río Tlapaneco . The geology of the municipality is determined by 46% limestone with about 27% mica schist and 24% pyroclastics ; The predominant soil type is the Leptosol (94% of the municipal area). More than 85% of the community area is forested, a good 11% is used for arable farming.
Neighboring municipios in the state of Guerrero are Olinalá and Huamuxtitlán , and Xochihuehuetlán borders on the states of Oaxaca and Puebla .
population
The 2010 census counted 7079 people in 1674 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 81 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language, including 44 Nahuatl speakers . Almost 28 percent of the population were illiterate. 1846 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 82% were men or two percent were unemployed. Almost 44% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The municipality Xochihuehuetlán comprises 13 inhabited localidades , of which only the main town is classified as urban by the INEGI . Two places had a population of over 500 in the 2010 census, seven places had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
place | Residents |
Xochihuehuetlán | 4859 |
San Miguel Comitlipa | 857 |
Cacalutla | 483 |
Xihuitlipa | 436 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Xochihuehuetlán (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Xochihuehuetlán (Spanish; PDF)